"After the hour, it's no longer the hour," said the Parisian poet and singer Jules Jouy. Valladolid learned this the hard way when they host Sevilla on Sunday. After largely dominating the first half, the Blanquivioletas thought they opened the scoring in the last moments of this first act via a superb strike from 35 meters from Kenedy.
But the referee decided otherwise and whistled the end of the first period a few tenths of a second before, when the Brazilian had already armed his powerful strike. The referee's decision was harsh but rather fair, with the clock showing 50 minutes of play when there were only four minutes of extra time.
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The Castilians could not hide their anger. Furious, they negotiated in vain with the referee, who did not reverse his decision, sending the 22 players back to the locker room on the score of 0-0. Valladolid never recovered from this decision and ended up losing 0-3 on their turf. Paulo Pezzolano's players are only a small point ahead of Getafe, the first relegation club. A victory would have done them a lot of good in this race to maintain.