Lucas Ocampos of Sevilla

Sevilla needed extra time to see off fourth-tier Cordoba in the Copa del Rey

SEVILLE, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 20: Lucas Ocampos of Sevilla FC celebrates scoring their teams first goal during the La Liga Santander match between Sevilla FC and Deportivo Alaves at Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan on November 20, 2021 in Seville, Spain. (Photo by Fran Santiago/Getty Images)

Sevilla needed extra-time to defeat Andalusian rivals Cordoba in the Copa del Rey.

Los Nervionenses are on a busy run of games across La Liga, the Champions League and now the Copa del Rey.

Though, they only had to make a short trip to face Cordoba in the first round of the Copa on Wednesday night.

Their hosts are now in the fourth tier following a decline over recent years, but they still managed to take Sevilla to extra-time.

In fact, it took Sevilla until the 108th minute – that’s three minutes into the second half of extra-time – to find the breakthrough.

The in-form Lucas Ocampos found the net to find the breakthrough, and there was no real way back from that for Cordoba.

Sevilla racked up as much as 69% possession in the game, and as many as 26 efforts, though Cordoba did also manage a respectable 12 efforts against their top tier visitors.

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