Getafe and Sevilla released their confirmed starting lineups on Sunday at the Coliseum, setting up a match that already carried different kinds of pressure for each side. Getafe, still in the relegation zone after a Copa defeat to Lebrijana, named a reshuffled XI to try to steady a run that has left Bordalás demanding an immediate reaction.
For Sevilla, the announcement was about opportunity as much as selection. A win would leave them three points behind the Champions League zone marked by Betis, and they responded by bringing back Kike Salas, Suazo, Agoumé and Stassin after resting them in the Copa.
The confirmed Getafe side was Soria, Boselli, Valou, Djené, Carvajal, Andrés García, Francho, Gudelj, Terrrats, Satriano and Enes Ünal. Mojica and Mario Martín were out, and the changes forced Boselli and Andrés García into defense while Francho moved into midfield, a sign of how limited Bordalás was in choosing his shape. He said before the match that the team had to correct the damage it has been conceding as soon as possible.
Sevilla’s lineup was Odysseas, Iglesias, Castrín, Kike Salas, Suazo, Agoumé, Fofana, Ejuke, Félix, Isaac and Stassin, with four players returning from a Copa rest that left them fresher for a league game with direct implications near the top. Getafe, by contrast, were forced to adapt after losing in the Copa and falling into the relegation zone, which made this more than a routine Sunday fixture in the Coliseum.
That is what makes the team sheets matter here: they do not just show who started, but which side arrived with room to maneuver and which one had to improvise. If Getafe could not shut the door with a patched-up lineup, the pressure on Bordalás would only deepen as Sevilla chased a result that could pull them within touching distance of the Champions League places.
