Fans of the six-time Europa League champion have lost patience after falling to the penultimate position in the table, risking relegation after 22 years in Spanish football’s top flight. The former Chilean national team DT responded to the messages and was determined to move on.
The former Chilean national team coach isn’t having a good time in Spain. Jorge Sampaoli returned to Sevilla in October last year to try to help the team recover after an uneven start to the season under Julen Lopetegui. Still, Casilda’s man failed to change the face of the reds and whites, since the results are still negative and the club is in the relegation zone . In front of this situation, fans lost patience and decided to protest against management and players.
Continue reading Jock
On Saturday, the team managed by Sampaoli suffered their last defeat: a 2-1 defeat against Girona as visitors, which left them in the penultimate place in the standings, two points from the salute and only above Elche which does not register victories in the contest. It was the straw that broke the camel’s back for fans of the Nervión team, who demonstrated through the stripes in the club’s Ciudad Deportiva. One of the sentences that can be read says: “If we sink, you’ll have nowhere to hide!
Another of the messages that could be seen on the spot was against the board of directors, in particular the president of the club, José Castro, who has led the club since 2013. In addition, Fans also demand the departure of the team and all those responsible of the situation facing the most successful team in the UEFA Europa League.
It should be remembered that Sevilla is present in the first division of Spanish football since 2001 After his last descent which took place in 2000 . After returning, they have won the Europa League six times the second most important club tournament in Europe.
Continue reading Jock
Sampaoli’s answer
Faced with this situation, the campus manager spoke up and responded to the criticisms expressed by the fans to said stripes. The 2015 Copa América champion strategist with Chile raised the issue during the press conference preceding the clash against Deportivo Alavés, for the Copa del Rey. Sampaoli said that: “It’s not normal but that’s part of it. It’s global, it happens all over the world. These are manifestations of disapproval of a project that does not work”.
Moreover, the Transandean coach added that upon his arrival: “The club was in the same situation as now, compromised, with institutional, sporting and political problems”.
Later, the Argentine mentioned that before arriving at Sevilla he analyzed what might be missing from the squad, considering the deadline for player transfers, which ends on January 31. Regarding this, the man from Casilda mentioned that he is “wait for something qualitative to appear” but in case there are no new additions, he will face the rest of the season making the squad “work with other tools” .
In the sentence, the current coach of the blanquirrojos mentioned that: “It’s no time to cry or complain ; Whether they lied to me or not is my problem with the leaders”.
Continue reading Jock
Source: Latercera
I’m Scott Moore, a professional writer and journalist based in the US. I’ve been writing for various publications for over 8 years now, and have been working as an author at athletistic for the past five years. My work has been featured by some of the leading sports websites and magazines across Europe.
