The holiday is over for Seville. Last Saturday, July 8, the champions of the Europa League came into action again with the necessary medical examinations. Early in the morning, the players of the first team gathered together with young people from the youth academy who will do the pre-season to take the first steps of the new season.
Mendilíbar’s Sevilla finished triumphant last season but did not have an easy year. The aim this year is to improve performance in the championship and build a competitive team. To do this, they have Víctor Orta, the great novelty of this summer in Seville, in which the Monchi march caused a whole earthquake in the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán.
Sevilla 2023 pre-season: when does it start, friendlies, signings, squad, travel and venues
Seville 2023 pre-season: when does it start?
On Sunday 9 July the medical examinations were completed and in the afternoon the expedition traveled to Montecastillo to concentrate on the start of work on the Jerez lands on Monday morning.
Seville pre-season: trips and places of concentration
During the Montecastillo concentration, Sevilla will play its first two friendly matches. The first is against Córdoba on Friday, July 14 at 7pm at the Montecastillo facilities. Four days later, on the 18th, Mendilíbar’s team will travel to Arcos de la Frontera to face Ceuta, also at 7pm. After that meeting, the stay in Jerez de la Frontera comes to an end.
A day later, already in Seville, the Nervionenses play the Antonio Puerta Trophy against the Ecuadorian Independiente del Valle.
Then he travels to Germany. In German countries they will play against Hansa Rostock on the 22nd at 2pm and against Magdeburgo the next day at 3pm.
The next leg of the pre-season brings Sevilla to the United States. In Detroit, on the 31st, at 1 AM, they play Crystal Palace. On the 3rd, at five in the morning, there is a Sevillian derby in the Mexican city of Guadalajara and on the sixth, in San Francisco, is the rival Atlético de Madrid, in a match that starts at one in the morning. .
Then head back to Spain and prepare for the league debut after quite a game-packed and demanding pre-season in the final stretch.
Sevilla pre-season: friendlies
Seville 2023 pre-season: acquisitions and selection
Sevilla has exercised the purchase option for bade who played on loan in the second round of last season. In addition, it has closed the signing of Federico Gattoni And Adriana Pedrosa who arrived with the letter of liberty after ending his contractual relationship with Espanyol.
LThe selection of Sevilla is far from closed. There are many exits to produce, so Víctor Orta’s most urgent task is to speed up Operation Exit. In addition, and depending on how that part of the planning plays out, new signings will be worked on to complete a roster that will allow Mendilíbar to work with guarantees in a season that will be very demanding.
Source: Goal