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Week  23	Cadiz	0	v	4	Sevilla
Date 11th February 2006					Saviola 5 mins
					Puerta 70 mins
					Kepa 89 mins
					Kanoute 92 mins
	Berizzo				Dragutinovic
					Puerta

Cadiz were beaten for the first time in four meetings against their Andalusian neighbours Sevilla this season. Esparrago kept faith with what appears to be his favourite starting XI at the moment.

In the first leg of the cup game against Sevilla, Cadiz raced into a 3-0 lead before the introduction of Kanoute who scored two goals in reply, and the Frenchman was again the main problem for the home defence. After a reasonably solid start, Cadiz were undone with a simple route one goal. The ball was hoofed down field by Palop, Kanoute out-jumped the home defence and flicked the ball on to strike partner Saviola, who volleyed the ball expertly passed Armando from the edge of the box. Five minutes gone and 0-1, the game plan would have to change. Unfortunately Cadiz still looked vulnerable in the air after the goal. Barely five minutes later a corner was headed past Armando, but the referee spotted a slight push in the box and handed Cadiz a life line. Unfortunately the midfield struggled to keep much possession and Sevilla looked the more comfortable. Medina found himself isolated up front and Estoyanoff and Sesma struggled to provide any width. The only threat Cadiz offered was from dead balls, and in fairness to Estoyanoff though he struggled on the right wing he did deliver several corners and free-kicks into good areas, although unfortunately despite Palop losing the flight of one Cadiz couldn’t find the equalizer.

After a rather dull first half Esparrago introduced Lobos and Enrique for Sesma and Estoyanoff, with Nenad Mirosavljevic moving to the left wing. The substitutions added fresh life to the Cadiz attack and they started brightly. Lobos looked lively but the home team struggled to create chances, and as they pushed forward Kanoute, Saviola and Navas found more space on the break. In the 72^nd minute the match was over as a contest. A fine cross from Daniel Alves found Puerta who headed past Armando to wrap up the three points. Cadiz gamely fought on but in all honesty they never looked like getting anything from the game from the moment they went one down. Palop had a few dangerous crosses to deal with but disappointingly he didn’t really have a save to make in the match. Kepa and Kanoute added two late goals to put a slightly unfair look to the scoreline, but Cadiz can have no complaints at the loss. Hopefully this will not end the mini revival they have had since the turn of the year, and with Cadiz right in the middle of a group of seven clubs separated by six points at the bottom of La Liga, they will need to improve in next weeks home clash against Osasuna.