La Liga: Barcelona played a 1-1 draw with Sevilla in the Spanish Football League La Liga. The draw moved Sevilla five points behind top-ranked Real Madrid but remained in second place as before. Real Madrid’s David Alaba and Isco Alarcon have also been tested positive for Kovid-19.
New Delhi. Sevilla defender Jules Condé was immediately shown a red card for hitting the opponent’s player in the face, which Barcelona took advantage of to draw the Spanish Football League La Liga 1-1. Papu Gomez gave Sevilla the lead in the 32nd minute. Ronaldo Araujo scored the equalizer for Barcelona just before halftime. Condé was shown a red card in the 64th minute of the game, after which Sevilla took a defensive approach.
The draw put Sevilla five points behind top-ranked Real Madrid but remained in second place as before. Barcelona is in seventh place. In another match, Villarreal defeated Alavés 5–2 with two goals each from Gerrad Moreno and Bolaye Día.
Two more players from Real Madrid infected with Kovid
Real Madrid’s David Alaba and Isco Alarcon have also tested positive for Kovid-19, taking the number of their players infected with the disease to eight. The Spanish club’s troubles have increased with the addition of the names of defender Alaba and midfielder Alarcon in the list of infected players of Real Madrid.
Luca Modric, Marco Asensio, Rodgueiro, Gareth Bale, Marcelo and goalkeeper Andrey Lunin are already out after testing positive. None of these players will be available for the match against Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish Football League La Liga. Bilbao will also play without four players, including Spain goalkeeper Unai Simone and defender Inigo Martinez.
Arsenal reach the semi-finals of the League Cup with Enketia’s hat-trick
Eddie Enketia’s hat-trick and teenager Charlie Patino’s goal in his debut match helped Arsenal beat Sunderland 5-1 to enter the semi-finals of England’s League Cup football tournament. Enketia scored in the 17th, 49th and 58th minutes. Meanwhile, Nicolas Pepe scored in the 27th minute. The eighteen-year-old Patino scored in the second half of ‘injury time’ after landing as a substitute.
Nathan Broadhead scored the only goal for Sunderland in the 31st minute. The other three teams in the semi-finals will be determined by matches between Chelsea and Brentford, Liverpool and Leicester and Tottenham and West Ham in the League Cup.
