Barcelona 4-0 Sevilla: 5 Talking Points and Tactical Analysis | La Liga 2019/20

#3 Sevilla left to rue their missed opportunities

Sevilla were guilty of missing several chances

Through the early stages of the season, no team had managed to strip Barcelona of a point at the Camp Nou. Hence, Sevilla faced a monumental task trying to be the first side to do so. And, while they ultimately came unstuck, they started the game extremely promisingly.

The hosts were overrun in the opening exchanges as the visitors imposed themselves on the match. Consequently, Sevilla fashioned themselves a few presentable openings.

The first of those chances fell to Luuk de Jong. But, the striker only managed to fire his shot straight at Marc-Andre ter Stegen. A few minutes later, the Dutchman was accorded another opportunity to put Sevilla ahead. Yet, he fluffed his lines with the goal gaping.

De Jong though, still had time to waste another chance when his header from Lucas Ocampos’ cross bounced over the crossbar. In a trice, Barcelona responded with three goals and effectively put the game beyond the visitors.

The away side’s profligacy continued in the second period too when their Dutch striker struck the post after getting into a 1v1 situation with the Blaugrana’s German keeper.

So far this term, Sevilla have largely played well despite lacking a cutting edge. Yet, at the Camp Nou, that trait reared its ugly head and the visitors were left ruing what could’ve been, on an evening that began so encouragingly.