Barca indebted to Kounde as he returns to haunt Sevilla

Photo by Juanjo Ubeda/Quality Sport Images/Getty ImagesGames between Sevilla and Barcelona that are played at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan are invariably exciting affairs, and Saturday night’s encounter was no different.

From the very first minute it was an eminently watchable match, and that was perhaps as much to do with the sloppiness of the final ball from both sides in the opening exchanges.

Xavi was incandescent by the quarter hour, and no wonder.

Having started to shape his teams into a definitive style, they opted for the long ball time and again, whilst allowing the hosts to get in behind at almost every opportunity. Criminal when one considers how poorly the Andalusians have started the…