the stay of Julen Lopetegui in Seville began to die last Saturday, with the 2-0 defeat against Atletico Madrid in the Sanchez Pizjuanand ended up finishing this Tuesday after 1-4 against Borussia Dortmund from Champions League.
“Julen Lopetegui ceases to be coach of Sevilla FC”, the club announced it on its Twitter account, accompanied by an image with the caption “Thanks Julen.”
“They have been three historic and spectacular years”, commented the DT in his farewell. And he added: “We have given a part of our life here”. The Spanish press is already talking about an offer from the Wolverhampton to continue his career in Premier League.
The Spanish team have lost their last four home games, with a record of one goal in favor and thirteen against, something that had not happened since the 1999-00 season, when they were relegated.
In this context, the one chosen to lead the recovery of the rojiblanco team is an old acquaintance of the house: Jorge Sampaoli.
The Argentine coach led the Nervionenses in the 2016-17 season and left a great football image, with a precious fourth place in The League who classified it to Champions League, but it generated mixed feelings because of the way he ended up saying goodbye.
In early 2017, a year and a half after his contract expired, it became known that the Argentine coach negotiated behind the Spanish club to be Edgardo Bauza’s successor at the helm of the Argentine national team. This was what bothered him in Spain, where things were not easy for him.
If Casilda decided to resign before the end of the Liga (in May of that year), she had to pay 8 million euros, an economic effort that an AFA in crisis was not prepared to make.
He then decided to wait and, after closing his participation in the local competition with a 5-0 win over Osasuna, said goodbye. Likewise, the parent entity of football in Argentina has had to pay a significant amount € 1.5 million exit clause.
“I’m not leaving Sevilla for another club, I’m leaving for my national team. It’s a change in my heart for my country,” he apologized.
They signed a contract with him Qatar 2022. However, just a year later, after the bad experience in Russia 2018, his dismissal cost the AFA an additional $ 2 million.
Ultimately, the Argentina National, who finished second in the world and double finalist of the America’s Cup, It has been the victim of bad decisions, disorganization and complete institutional chaos.
Sampaoli returns to Sevilla
The good football memories, with that team that brought her Clemente Lenglet sign with him Barcelona and with which he had an exceptional Argentine presence Joaquin Correa Y Gabriele Market, prevailed over the harshness of his controversial release and today Jorge Sampaoli returns to Sevilla.
This Thursday he will direct his first training session, after one last experience he was in Conference League semi-finalist with Olympique de Marseille.
The 62-year-old coach asked as the main conditions for his return the arming of his technical staff and the setting of “coherent” objectives based on the squad he has, including several Argentines such as Alejandro Gómez, Marcos Acuña, Gonzalo Montiel and Erik Lamela.
The team marches last in group G of the Champions League at the end of the first round with only one point and is ranked 16th in LaLiga, where after seven days he only added five points.
Source: Clarin
