The saddest farewell for Lopetegui

In a rare environment, with a painful defeat against Borussia Dortmund Julen Lopetegui the coach who won the sixth Europa League for Sevilla and achieved three consecutive qualifications for the Champions, said goodbye to the Andalusian club in the most unusual way. He prepared a game knowing that he and his replacement had been dismissed, Jorge Sampaoliwas flying in from Argentina to take charge of the team on Thursday, and found himself up against an opponent who, like others he’s encountered this season, pierced his flimsy defense like a hot knife through a block of butter.

The sevillistas went into the break with an unassailable 0-3, including the fans exploding against the box and the management of José Castro and Monchi and chanting Lopetegui’s name, which they criticized so much then and now point to as the least responsible for a decay that seems endless. The team that is inherit Sampaoli They narrowly missed out on the round of 16, with one point added in three days and will be fighting for a place in the Europa League.

And that Seville doesn’t deserve so much punishment. The problems came in a defense where the two central defenders were homegrown players, Carmona and Salas, and the third is a center midfielder, Gudelj. Whenever the Germans approach the area they are fishing and they encounter two players whose speed disarms the locals, Adeyemi and BellinghamThey turned everything they touched into gold.

Six minutes later, Sevilla were already losing, thanks to Guerreiro’s excellent play and a kick that surprised Bono. The blow was huge for a crowd that was ready to support their team and their coach no matter what. Next In-Nesyri tHe had a good occasion, butJust before Meyer, he hit the ball in the body of the German goalkeeper, who appeared to the Moroccan in all his nightmares. The one from Fez can even be kicked out when stopping at a counter and Miss Ozcan when he sneaks out alone. He saw red, but VAR overruled the action due to a foul on Jesús Navas. They were the best moments for Sevilla, even if every defeat was an opportunity for the Germans to counterattack. En-Nesyri ran into Meyer again in a header when a goal is called and Carmona failed alone in a corner. And just like that, when Lopetegui’s men were at their best, two sparks from Dortmund came to judge before the break within two minutes. Bellingham and Adeyemi They blew up the Sánchez-Pizjuán crowd at their goals, chanting “Pepe Castro resignation” and “Julen, stay” as the players made their way to rest.

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In the second half another Sevilla came out, furious, especially because he didn’t deserve so much punishment. including the Argentines Lamela and Montiel push each other from the bench, En-Nesyri he brought his team back into the match with a headed goal and from then on Lopetegui’s men kept trying, but would come up against the wall of the Rhenish team, who were sentenced to the fourth by a Brandt header. From there to the end all eyes towards a Lopetegui said goodbye with tears and sang throughout the stadium. while, Castro in the box he stood half to his figure.

DATA SHEET

Seville: Bonus (2); Jesús Navas (1) (Montiel, 46′, 2), José Ángel (2), Kike Salas (2), Alex Telles (2); Gudelj (2), Joan Jordan (2) (Dolberg, 74′, 2), Rakitic (2) (Delaney, 62, 2); Suso (1) (Lamela, 46′, 2), Isco (2) (Papu Gomez, 62′, 2) and En-Nesyri (3).

Ent. Julen Lopetegui (2).

Borussia Dortmund: Meyer (4); Meunier (2), Sule (3), Schlotterbeck (2), Guerreiro (3); Can (3), Ozcan (3) (Papadopoulos, 85′, sc); Adeyemi (4) (Malen, 65′ 3), Brandt (3) (Hazard, 85′, sc), Bellingham (4) and Moukoko (3) (Modeste, 80′, sc).

Ent. Edin Terzic (3).

Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italian) 3