Dortmund visit Seville with the guillotine at the ready

In many ways, that’s the situation Sevilleplaying classification for the round of 16 of Championswill live in Sanchez Pizjuan on the occasion of the visit of Borussia Dortmund. Ridiculous, decay of the entity, sporting suicide, lack of respect for a coach who won the European title and achieved three qualifications for the Champions League.

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In a clash of the highest continental competition, an almost sacked coach will sit on the bench. Julen Lopeteguiwhich already has a replacement, the Argentine Jorge Sampaoliwith which the leaders of the Andalusian club have already reached an agreement and are expected in Seville on Thursday, the day after the match.

Even the fans who put so much pressure on the club to cause Lopetegui to be sacked are preparing a farewell of sorts for a coach who has made history and whose forms have not done him justice. At the same time, sevillismo teaches leadership leadership, including Castro Y Monchi in the head, as guilty in the situation because of the planning carried out, for not ending the relationship with Lopetegui last summer and for not giving certain guarantees of the sales of Koundé Y Diego Charles.

The coach, graceful in the press conference he had to give because he knew he was going to the guillotine, avoided sparking controversy and limited himself by saying that his opinion “on what happened in the last few months is kept to himself out of respect for my responsibility as a coach ” and the importance of a match in the Champions League, which cost their players “blood, sweat and tears to do” last season with all the hardships the team went through.

And indeed it is. The Seville his economic and sporting future is at stake in this competition and he will play in a double rivalry with Dortmund their choices to be eighth. After losing against Manchester City (0-4) on the first day in a game then the first big fire broke out and drew an inadequate draw in Copenhagen against the Cinderella of the group, in just one week in two duels with Germans (at Signal Iduna Park included sampaoli) assumes Sevilla will play for second place.

countless Lopetegui in his last appointment (170 games with Sevilla in charge of remembering the coach) with Fernando, sick, Rekik or Marcao, injured, or Óliver Torres or Tecatito, not registered. Acuna was skeptical.

The German team, which eliminated the Seville of champions two years ago with Halland, came after falling in Cologne and with two important losses, midfielder and captain Marco Reus, due to torn ankle ligaments, and center Mats Hummels, due to a cold. His coach, Edin Terzic, does not lose respect for his rival despite his unique situation. “We have to respect Sevilla and their coach. Without us, we will lose,” he said.

Likely lineups

Seville: Bonus; Jesus Navas, Carmona, Nianzou, Alex Telles; Jordan, Delaney, Rakitic; Gomez, En-Nesyri, Isco.

Dortmund: Mayer; Meunier, Sule, Schlotterbeck, Guerreiro; Emre Can, Bellingham; Moukoko, Brandt, Thorgan Hazard; humility.

Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

stadium: Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan

Time: 21.00 (MLC 2)