The apathy of the yellows and a controversial action that annulled a goal in their favor sentenced a team that will mathematically be relegated this Wednesday when Alavés beat Valencia at home.
Unión Deportiva Las Palmas is virtually a Second Division team. The Yellows lost in Seville in a match where the team behaved like what it has proven to be throughout 2025: the second-worst team in Spanish football's top flight.
Without a soul, without ideas, without alternatives and with a manager who threw in the towel when the squad most needed a leader; the Yellows went out to the Sánchez Pizjuán to see what would happen, a situation that would normally result in an outrage by the opposing team, but facing them was a Sevilla team distressed by the shadow of relegation and pressured by a fan base that forced the squad to sleep in the sports city last Saturday for security reasons after losing to Celta in Balaídos.
After a contemplative first half by both teams, marked by errors and without unnecessary risks, the 22 players headed into the locker room with the score at 0-0 and the certainty that it was time to put their meat on the grill in the second half.
And so Sevilla did; the Sevillians took the lead in the 52nd minute with a goal from youth player Álvaro Pascual. The goal came without brilliant play from the Sevillians, but it was more than enough to overcome a team that came out playing the second half as they had in the first: without ideas and without soul.
Although it seemed impossible, the goal managed to sink the Yellows even further. Sevilla's fans saw mathematical salvation as imminent and rallied behind their team, dwarfing Diego Martínez's men. Diego Martínez, who seemed indistinct on the wing, after conceding the goal, decided to move his bench and bring on Javi Muñoz, Manu Fuster, and Marc Cardona, trying to show off his chances to turn around a match the team seemed to have given up on from the start.
However, in one of those long balls that tried to find a rebound and sneak into the Sevilla goal, Oli Mcburnie managed to comb the ball and put it into the goal defended by Nyland. Despite this and as has been the trend throughout the season, a controversial refereeing decision prevented the goal from being counted due to an alleged foul by Marc Cardona on the Seville goalkeeper.
But neither the referee, nor luck, nor history are any excuses for a team that sealed its fate last Friday after falling dishonorably at home to Rayo Vallecano and the week before in a match against Valencia in which they at least put up a fight.
Las Palmas thus handed the first home victory to Sevilla, who hadn't won at the Sánchez Pizjuán in league competition since December 14 and who came into this match in a critical situation, just like the Yellows.
The yellows leave it as an anecdote the breath of life they had in Getafe to beat Bórdalas' team (3-1) and the epic victory against Atlético Madrid (0-1) at the Gran Canaria Stadium; two victories that made the fans rally behind a team that fizzled when it needed to give its all and now leaves its fate in the hands of third parties.
Unión Deportiva Las Palmas will mathematically be relegated after Deportivo Alavés won at home against Valencia. Meanwhile, the Yellows host Leganés on Sunday at the Estadio de Gran Canaria. The club closes the relegation gap by two points with a game in hand and faces Villarreal tomorrow at home.
Although it's not mathematical, the fans are already digesting the relegation and its consequences. These consequences will be purely sporting (not even dreaming of an institutional change despite the debacle) and will leave a squad bereft thanks to the project. low cost from a board that has always prioritized personal benefit over sporting gain.
The return of the loaned players, the departure of all those who find a project in the first division, and the more than likely sale of Alberto Moleiro, the young yellow pearl, will mark the beginning of the Yellows' project in their practically certified return to the second division of Spanish football.
