Europa League champions Sevilla began their LaLiga Santander season with three points in a 3-1 win over Cadiz at the Estadio Ramon de Carranza on Sunday.
Los Rojiblancos started their campaign two weeks after most teams because of their involvement in European competition in August.
Ivan Rakitic perhaps should've opened the scoring on his LaLiga Santander return for Sevilla but fluffed his lines when presented with an opportunity in the first half.
Cadiz, who had the better of the chances in the opening period, finally made one count after the break as Alvaro Negredo's knock-down allowed Salvi Sanchez to score.
Julen Lopetegui brought on Luuk de Jong on just after the hour mark and the Dutch striker took just a few minutes to make an impact, butting in Jesus Navas' cross to equalise.
The comeback was complete for the visitors when Munir El Haddadi kept his head to slot past Alberto Cifuentes in goal in the final minute of normal time.
Rakitic added a third late into stoppage time, netting his first goal in his second spell at Sevilla and confirming the victory in the process.
