Diego Alonso will lead Sevilla’s training this Thursday despite falling in Lens and bidding farewell to Europe in December. He will continue his duties at least until Saturday’s match against Getafe. Because reality is stubborn They have 11 matches against professional opponents and no wins. Six defeats, four in the Champions League, without adding a single point to Sevilla in the Champions League. It’s a terrible balance. The team is backing the Uruguayan because they understand that a third tenant on the bench would focus more on the players the crowd has already pointed out, and they would prefer Alonso to stay on for now.. In addition, another change of coach is expected to create a complicated atmosphere due to Sevilla’s sporting situation.
Financial disruption outside Europe
It is true that there are controversial arbitration decisions, even if they are not controversial. The team has a lot of injuries and luck doesn’t seem to be favoring them. But the truth is Seville isn’t just outside of Europe Champions. Also from the Europa League, which, beyond a huge disappointment from a sporting perspective, means a huge financial setback for the club.
The team was deprived of its continental option in December; It’s a situation that hasn’t happened at Nervión since the 2011-12 season, when Del Nido Benavente was still president, Pepe Castro was vice-president and Marcelino was coach. Farewell after four defeats in Europe, combined with no wins in the League. Victor Orta He managed to get the Council to tolerate him until the weekend match. And statements from prominent players in France (Sergio Ramos and Gudelj) in his favor they give him the margin until the duel with Getafe.
As Grupo Prensa Ibérica’s El Periódico de España learned, the board and Orta’s idea is to try to keep the Uruguayan at half-time to save time. The Uruguayan football player is expected to get his first win in the league against Getafe on Saturday and have a slightly calmer encounter against Granada and Atlético (the late match will be made up on December 23). However, any mishap to Bordalás could jeopardize Orta and Castro’s plan.
Diego Alonso talked about his future after the match in Lens: “I feel very strong. I feel strong because I see the reaction of the players on the field. The problem is not that the locker room is with me, it’s the field that says it. The audience feels, sees and notices how the team reacts. So far I have felt the lasting and absolute support. From Víctor Orta, from Pepe Castro, from the players. It’s complicated, we want to win. We, as fans, are victims. I’m not talking about luck because you train and you have to face it. “We will continue to seek and insist on every detail to get better, and on Saturday Getafe will pay the price and we will achieve victory.”
The locker room supports him for now…
Sergio Ramos started by supporting the continuity of the Uruguayan player: “We are going to die with the coach there and personally I am a fan of Diego Alonso and his commitment to the ball. “The penalty is crazy. I’ve always been an advocate of VAR and it’s there to help, to control and to make sure the play can be reviewed and decided. He was the only one who saw the penalty. We don’t abide by arbitration decisions but this is scandalous. “Is this disrespectful or something else? I don’t know.”
Gudelj said: “I can’t understand the manager change anymore. The whole team is with our coach, we have full confidence in ourselves. “You see we’re doing well in the games, we’re just unlucky not to win and we need to get out of that.” While this was happening, Sevilla were eliminated from Europe in December, sitting three points above the relegation zone in the league”.
Seville will celebrate Christmas outside Europe for the first time in 12 years. And Sevilla can do this with a coach on the bench who has failed to win ten games against professional rivals and lost six of them. He is yet to win in LaLiga and all four Champions League matches he has coached have ended in defeat. For some of the Sevilla board, Diego Alonso’s continuity is unsustainable. And if he continues, it will be because his supporter Víctor Orta and the players use him as a shield to avoid criticism from the fans. The Uruguayan football player’s minutes in Sevilla are being counted. When he stops being useful, they’ll hang their heads on the stands.