A very surprising result in the inaugural match of the La Liga 2022/2023 season, which Sevilla lost to Osasuna. Even though Sevilla are favorites
to win, moreover Sevilla's position the previous season was much better than Osasuna. I agree that Sevilla's attack was less effective even though
they had the ball possession up to 66%, while Osasuna, who only had 34% control of the ball, could take more shots on goal than Sevilla.
This means that the attacks built by Osasuna are indeed more effective in that match.
If we consider the position of both clubs in previous season, Sevilla is clearly superior and favorite to win with big scores. In the last season, Sevilla finished in 4th place, while Osasuna finished in 10th place. There is a big gap between Sevilla and Osasuna position. However, sometimes the result in football match is unpredictable, small club can surprise us to beat bigger club. The loss of Sevilla in the first match this season is a perfect example.
Well, Sevilla can dominate the ball possession but they failed to take advantage of it. Ideally, by dominating the ball possession, Sevilla must make more goal attempts. So, the chance to score can be bigger.
That's what's interesting about football matches, where sometimes there are surprises and the results are not as expected. Like Sevilla's defeat
against Osasuna, which the result of the match was beyond the expectations of many people, where Sevilla dominated the match and also had
better quality players than Osasuna. But the surprise happened where Osasuna managed to win the match after being awarded a penalty
in the 74th minute. I also believe that many gamblers have suffered losses with this Sevilla defeat, I also bet for Sevilla's victory, turned out
to be unexpected.
Apart from Sevilla there are teams that started the season badly, namely Barcelona, which played at home reinforced with several new players,
Barcelona could only play a goalless draw against Rayo. Indeed Barcelona did not lose, but if Barcelona are serious about winning trophies
this season, they should not drop points against a weaker team. We'll see if other strong teams like Real Madrid and Atletico will drop points too,
as did Barcelona and Sevilla in the first round of La Liga.