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Alexis Sanchez started the game on the right side of Barcelona's attack, but was unable to get largely involved. The Chilean had a few forays down the flank and tried to be creative inside the penalty area, leaving space out wide for Dani Alves to exploit, but it just wasn't coming off for Alexis.
Jordi Roura made a switch at half time to replace Alexis with Cristian Tello, who operated wide on the left of the attack, leaving Alves to work the entire right side himself.
That switch had the desired effect, opening the final third up far more for Barcelona as Tello kept his position on the edge or just outside of the penalty area, stretching the Sevilla defence.
The equalising goal came from a cross on the right hand side from Alves, while the second followed shortly afterwards—Tello combining well from his position on the left with Leo Messi.
Tello had one or two chances himself to wrap the game up, but didn't manage to hit the target—but his overall contribution was significantly higher than Alexis'.
Come the cup tie during the week against Real Madrid, Tello might have pushed himself ahead of Alexis in the pecking order for now—meaning it might be out of himself and David Villa to play from the left of Messi, with Pedro on the opposite side.
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