Sevilla is left alone
The club has shed the little elite it had left, heading for the precipice
Garcia Pimienta, in the match against Girona.EFE
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ALBERTO FDEZ.
Por very dramatic they were the last two years in the Sevilla LeagueThere was always someone pointing out a possible lifeline: that coach, that group of players, that the signings that could arrive in January… In the end, the situation was resolved and, in the first of those two years, they even won a title. There was still elite in Sevilla. True and pure elite.. This is the reason for the tremendous European success that now seems to be from another time. That has already been lost. I am referring to the elite. The majority has left through the back door (players, coaches, sporting directors…), while others have been sold at a low price or even given away. How strange that as soon as someone starts to earn a little with Sevilla (Quique, for example) he runs awaySomething is happening. Just look at who is left: a board of directors turning its back on its supporters and with a more than questionable shareholder legitimacy (he only knows how to win on points, kick to follow, in the courts); a Sports Management overwhelmed by the economic situation and that has put together a team that is more beautiful than good, with all that that entails in a situation of Every man for himself; a template without references, with individual level is fair (I’m talking about watching football, not about inconsequential dribbles) and insufficient collective commitment (a real physical lack in pressing). Everything that is good for sale has been sold (in alarmingly advantageous conditions for the purchasing club) and the references are Children who are overwhelmed by the responsibility of that shield and that stadium; and on the bench, a good coach, hard-working and methodical, but with the bad luck of choosing a Seville of constant emergencies. There is no time, no matter how much you ask for it. People want to achieve victories more in form than in substance. They look at the path and not the goal. They build on a crumpled plan without a defined objective. Everything is up in the air, except Seville itselfwhich continues to bleed game by game from two endless years until, in the third, the elite that it once treasured, attending a scheduled funeral. By chapters. A gruesome series with a known ending, although it seems that not mentioning it helps prevent it from happening. If the boat runs out of life preservers, or if it decides to sink, you’re lost.
The defeat against Girona He erased in one fell swoop the good minutes that Sevilla could have played in the first three gamesI agree that football has been somewhat unfair to the Andalusians at the start of the season (given that in this sport only goals count), but their energy and desire have not lasted long. When faced with rivals who will fight for European places (I will not mention this above), Nervin’s team shows its flaws everywhere.Suddenly Marcao is the captain; Carmona, after spending a year unnoticed in Getafe, is now your starting right back; after his goal against Las Palmas, Juanlu now becomes your attacking midfielder, ruining every counterattack by lacking that bit of grit in the final metres; and your goalscorer is another child, who has already broken out of his shell, but who feels the solitude in the forward line like a kick in the side. He doesn’t have that football to walk alone. It’s not that Sevilla is not effective or dominates the areas, it’s that the squad has been configured with three second strikers.. No goalscorer. No point man. Las Palmas suffered the unspeakable in the second half of last year for playing without a goal scorer. A foolproof plan for this Sevilla, which has been suffering from the lack of a striker since day one. And that’s even though the transfer market is now open. However, The card has been played with a style of play and profile of players in line with the same one that has rarely succeeded in the Sanchez-PizjunWelcome, seamless plan.
Now it’s your turn Garcia Pimienta to prove if he is a coach for three months or three seasons. However much he has tried this way of playing, putting a full-back inside, his team needs more certainty than novels of post-modern football. He has deep sides and wingers with dribblingAnything other than covering up and hammering down the flanks is time wasted. The more minutes the centre-backs spend playing with Lokonga and Agoum (not even a decent oriented control) with their backs to their opponents, the worse it gets. Sevilla racks its brains looking for the right way out, only to end up kicking the goalkeeper with a sure destination: the opponent. The attackers, now with the departure of Ocampos, are incapable of imposing themselves in an aerial duel. Another novelty for a Sevilla team whose few virtues have been buried. That dead ball that helped Quique Sánchez Flores win games from Mendilibar is no longer there. Each time he must have 20 good touches beforehand. Precise ones. The team doesn’t have the capacity for that. And even if he sometimes manages to do it, he lacks the level to finish. Double frustration. Therefore, it is up to the coach to give him a chance. small twist to this modelsee if he is capable of playing with a little less risk and accompanying Isaac as much as possible in the forward line. I understand that he is a man of method. That he has reached the elite in a specific way. That nobody has given him anything and that he will not get off his high horse easily. You cannot blame him for that. He has been signed for Sevilla to bear his signature. Another thing is that the waste paper of this club, in its current situation, forces the best scribe to leave a scribble that is indecipherable.. Sevilla has been left alone. And when there is a massive protest against those in power (like the one with the entire fan base dressed in black), I’m sure there’s a puppet (in the box) who dresses the same to ridicule the fans. He’s not alone, Sevilla is surrounded by its own enemies.
