Seville’s fortress, which thrilled football Spain last season, is no longer as stable as the Alcazar. The defense of the Andalusians completely collapsed without the two supporting pillars, Jules Kounde and Diego Carlos. The epilogue is that ahead of the meeting of the 4th round of the Primera with Barcelona, Julen Lopetegui’s men have only one point on their account. Back in that friendly match in July, when Arsenal defeated Sevilla with 6:0, it was felt that the Andalusians would suffer this competitive year. Last season, they were the best defense in Spain, conceding 30 goals in 38 games, but after the departures of Carlos to Aston Villa and Kounde to Barcelona, sporting director Monchi failed to patch up the holes. He tried with Marcao and Tanguy Nianzou, but so far it’s not working well. Admittedly, we haven’t seen Marcao yet, he was injured in one of the first training sessions, so he was replaced by Karim Rekik from the beginning of the season.Julen Lopetegui will face Barça in a difficult situation with Sevilla, who are going through their worst league start in 41 years. pic.twitter.com/CuHnWmVyKg— Barça Universal (@BarcaUniversal) September 3, 2022 In Pamplona, Osasuna scored two goals against Sevilla and triumphed with 2:1, and after that Lopetegui’s team did not manage to overcome two newcomers in Primera, Valladolid (1:1) and Almeria (2:1). Therefore, the forecasts for the meeting with the extremely dangerous Barcelona led by Robert Lewandowski are not very wonderful. After the draw with Rayo Vallecano (0:0) in the first match, the Catalans vented their anger in San Sebastian over Real Sociedad (4:1) and at Camp Nou over Valladolid (4:0). Lewandowski scored two goals in both matches and thus showed that defenses in the Primera are no more of a challenge for him than those in the Bundesliga.He wanted Betis, but wouldn’t mind signing for BarcaXavi has a lot to choose from, but few reasons to touch what has worked in the last two games, with eight goals for and one against. Still, next week the Champions League starts, so the Spanish tactician might opt to change something, and maybe Frenkie de Jong and Jordi Alba will enter the squad for this match. Lewandowski is certain to start however, and the Pole will have a personal motivation for this one. Even thou Lewa is a profilic striker, Sevilla is one of the few rivals that has resisted him in his career. He faced today’s opponent five times during his career (with different clubs) and failed to score in any of them.Fabregas waking up and seeing Aubameyang go from Arsenal captain, to Barcelona, to Chelsea pic.twitter.com/JUqCY2VyYZ— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) September 2, 2022 An additional problem for Lopetegui is the injury to Rekik. It is most likely that he will not be in the competition for tonight’s derby, which leaves the Sevilla strategist with only one realistic solution – to switch Serbian national team member Nemanja Gudelj from the position of defensive midfielder to the last line. He used that trick during the last season as well, it will not be anything new for Gudelj. Lopetegui will try to end Barcelona’s streak of 13 games without defeat against Sevilla in league matches, which has been going on since October 2015.LA LIGA – MATCHDAY 4Friday Celta – Cadiz 3-0 (0-0)/Aspas 56, 75, Rodriguez 62/Saturday 15.00: (2.24) Mallorca (3.15) Girona (3.90)17.15: (1.48) Real Madrid (4.80) Betis (7.75)19.30: (3.25) Sociedad (3.05) Atl.Madrid (2.63)22.00: (4.40) Sevilla (3.60) Barcelona (1.94)Sunday 15.00: (2.19) Osasuna (3.20) Rayo Vallecano (4.00)17.15: (1.63) Ath.Bilbao (3.90) Espanyol (6.75)19.30: (1.39) Villareal (4.90) Elche (9.50)22.00: (2.04) Valencia (3.30) Getafe (4.00)Monday 22.00: (2.50) Valladolid (3.20) Almeria (3.25)***odds are subject to change