2023-12-29 03:48:12
2023 has not been, by any means, an easy year for the Sevilla and your people. It has been a year where, despite the European title, it has not stopped being a suffering for the entity and the fans. Part of that chronic anguish that the club in general has suffered has come from the absolute instability on the bench of the Seville team. The constant and incoherent changes of direction that the current Board of directors In their decisions they do not exempt the football department, which is the one that suffers the most from the ups and downs of the club.
For this reason and for more reasons, which are not easy to find, the Sevilla This calendar year he has had up to four different coaches. Four! In a serious entity that had had a minimum of rigor in recent years, it was something absolutely unpredictable and, fortunately for its interests, it has still ended with a very positive balance regarding the context that could have been formed.
Jorge Sampaoli
The year 2023 began in the middle of the Argentine coach’s second career in Nerve. Although the first stage left a more than pleasant taste in the mouth of all of Sevilla, his second cycle did not look like he would obtain the same result. At that time, the team had only been able to win in two games in LaLigaMeanwhile in Europa he was still alive, but in the Europa League. After the World Cup, the team led by Casilda came to chain a streak of four consecutive victories in his fiefdom (Getafe, Cadiz, Elche y Mallorca, which added 12 very valuable points for the qualifying situation. Meanwhile, he surpassed Deportivo Alavés in Mendizorroza and reached the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey. In this round, the Seville team was measured against CA Healthwho defeated those of Sampaoli 2-1, after passing the tie through extra time.
Despite the cup-bearing setback, after the arrivals of Loïc Badé, Pope Gueye and the return of Bryan Gil (all the incorporations on loan) predicted that the team would go up. The transfer of Ocampos al Ajaxand the same Ocampos was key in the overwhelming victory of those of Sampaoli about him PSV in the preliminary round of the UEFA Europa League, in which it finished 3-0. Despite falling 2-0 in the Phillips Stadium In a controversial clash, tempers seemed to be rising. Until, again in a confrontation with CA HealthThe team of Jagoba He took out the seams of the Andalusian, who gave an embarrassing image at home, which meant the return of doubts around the figure of the coach.
The doubts grew like foam after the humiliating defeat in the still Wanda Metropolitano by 6-1. Again, the Europa League would give a breath of air to the Sevillian club, which won 2-0 in the first leg of the round of 16 against Fenerbahce. The European magic continued, and the Sevillistas won 2-1 against the UD Almería. The defeats in Türkiye (1-0), despite going through the round suffering like dogs, and in Getafe (2-0) they sentenced a coach who was more than questioned, mainly for his strong idea of proposing a combinative football that neither the club nor the players required or demanded, putting this before the results.
José Luis Mendilibar
In an extreme situation, Monchi He decided to opt for a coach profile experienced in domestic competition and with clear ideas. Few coaches offered that profile apart from the one finally selected José Luis Mendilibar. A simple guy, with clear ideas and no mincing words. With his classic 1-4-2-3-1, his risky game idea and putting the players where they perform, his Sevilla It started to carbure. After stringing together good results in LaLiga, the club could not look away on the European scene. In Old Trafford and after suffering a lot, the Seville team came out of the ‘Theatre of Dreams’ alive (2-2) and left everything for a return that would have little history.
Sánchez-Pizjuán, dressed to the nines to carry his team. Source: Getty Images
Thanks to the unconditional support of the Seville parish and the risky, but correct, approach of José Luis Mendilibarhe Sevilla gave a football bath Manchester United by one Erik Ten Hag that he would regret having trusted so much in the first leg. Finally, the doublet of En-Nesyri and the goal of nicemade the Sevillian team go to the semifinals, where the Juventus. Meanwhile, in the domestic competition they only lost at home against a great Girona, in a confrontation where various rotations were made. With all the focus on the European competition, the first leg Turin It ended bitterly due to the Turin team’s tie in a play that bordered on injury time in the second half. A goal, which as he recognized Mendilibar In the mixed zone, he made the lion of the competition whet his appetite. This was demonstrated in the second leg, where again thanks to the support of the fans, the team Nerve They managed to come back against the Italians and reached a new European final.
Before the Roma, the king did not abdicate and won his seventh title in just 17 years. A milestone for European football. And more so, because of how the season had developed. In two months he turned a panorama eager for renewal and revolution into a hive of optimism. In LaLiga He finished in twelfth position, with the salvation papers more than saved. After all this, the leaders were forced to offer a contract extension to the coach. Cavalry. Despite the little credibility of the Board of Directors in it, neither Pepe Castro in Del Nido Jr They wanted to see the fan’s reaction not even to the question of whether he renewed or not. Monchi left the club, in a march where the forms left a lot to be desired, so Victor Orta He assumed his role and found himself with a coach who, despite public support, did not believe in him.
Mendilibar had a good relationship with his footballers. Source: Getty Images
After competing against Manchester City the end of the European Super Cup, the season was looking good, but the lateness of the reinforcements and the final composition of the squad did not satisfy the Basque. After a series of results neither good nor bad, he was struck down. That’s what it’s like to be renewed without trust, that at the first opportunity they don’t hesitate to stab you from behind and break the supposed trust that existed between both parties.
Diego Alonso
The binomial Castro–Junior sued Victor Orta that the substitute Mendilibar was a technician with no experience in LaLiga, that he would accept a salary in line with the delicate situation of the club and that he would only sign until the end of the season. And that was how Diego Alonso He ended up being the one chosen by the sports management to take the reins of the Sevilla club. Despite showing two good faces before Real Madrid y Arsenal, the level of the team decreased noticeably. The “good games” with the Uruguayan were based on an attacking style similar to the previous one: a lot of ball into the area and taking advantage of crosses or second plays.
In short, the Uruguayan ended up becoming an absolute fiasco, only beating the teams with the lowest losses in the qualifying rounds. Copa del Rey. 5 out of 24 points in LaLiga and four defeats in the four games of Champions They ended up being his executioner. That baggage was left to the Uruguayan, who is being considered one of the worst technicians the team has ever had. Sevilla in its history.
Quique Sánchez Flores
Finally, an old acquaintance from LaLiga and a Sevilla player arrived to replace the Uruguayan. Sanchez Flores, with a speech of tranquility, opening the door to the emergence of all types of players. The 0-3 victory in Granada and the defeat before Atlético de Madrid have had little to do with him, his identity seal can be seen from January 4th before the Athletic Club.
???? This is how he lived Quique Sánchez Flores his debut as coach of the #SevillaFC ????#GranadaSevillaFC pic.twitter.com/T2wJiSjIDD
— Sevilla Fútbol Club (@SevillaFC) December 20, 2023
Be that as it may, what is clear is that that bench is cursed. We will see if it will be Quique whoever ends the season there, but what it does seem is that this negative situation cannot be overcome just by adding and removing coaches.
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