Original title: 2-0! 6 straight wins! Barcelona spaced out: dropped to 4th, another La Liga team rekindles title hopes
Beijing time on February 23rd at 4:00 am, the 24th round of this season's La Liga ushered in the last game, Sevilla defeated Osasuna 2-0 away from home, won 6 consecutive La Liga, points reached 48 points, surpassed the 47 accumulation of Barcelona, ascending to the third in the standings, and narrowed the gap from the leader Atletico Madrid to 7 points.
Among the other teams outside of the traditional three in La Liga, Sevilla is the strongest and is the king of the UEFA Cup, with the most titles won with six.
Sevilla had a good performance in La Liga, Champions League and King's Cup this season, staying in the top four in La Liga, reaching the semi-finals of the King's Cup, and making it to the knockout rounds of the last sixteen in the Champions League. However, after last week's home defeat against Dortmund in the knockout round of the Champions League, Sevilla continued a victory to boost the team's morale, and this time, the king of the UEFA Cup has a chance to challenge Osasuna on the road.
Currently Osasuna has 25 points in 23 rounds, ranking 13th in the table, only 4 points ahead of the relegation zone, relegation is still facing some pressure. In the past 7 meetings between the two teams, Sevilla won 6 and drew 1 to remain undefeated, the last time to lose to Osasuna was on May 27, 2013, when 1-2 loss.
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In the 18th minute of the second half, Sevilla took a corner kick from the left side and Diego Carlos grabbed the goal for a 1-0 lead over Osasuna. Shortly after the start of the second half, Sevilla increased their lead, De Jong parried a shot into the net with his heel, helping his team to a 2-0 lead. After that, Osasuna frantically fought back, but it did not help, and finally failed to defeat Sevilla.
With the win, Sevilla made it six consecutive victories in La Liga, reaching 48 points and overtaking Barcelona to move up to No. 3 in the standings, four points short of defending champion Real Madrid with one round less to play.
At present, with the recent Atletico Madrid repeatedly dropped the chain, in addition to Real Madrid, Sevilla also has the opportunity to compete for the title of the La Liga championship, because although it is 7 points behind the top of the list, but Sevilla recently in the La Liga successive victories, there may still be hope.