“The stage in Seville is the stage that has most deeply penetrated my heart; I remain with everyone’s affection,” the Basque coach proudly proclaims in his farewell press conference in front of the Seville bank
“I leave without any grudge. I can only say thank you,” Julen Lopetegui announced this Thursday, hours after he was officially sacked as Sevilla coach, although the decision had been made long ago and he was personally informed of his resignation after the beating. that he suffered at the Pizjuan against Borussia Dortmund (1-4), after the club negotiated with Jorge Sampaoli and the Argentine coach agreed to relieve the Basque coach. “I don’t want to insist on how the past few days have been. I was informed yesterday after the game that I am no longer the club’s coach,” Lopetegui insisted, without charging the leaders of the Sevilla entity for the way he handled his dismissal. On the contrary. Behaved like a gentleman during his last appearance at the Sevilla stadium, during such difficult times for him and his family.
Lopetegui, “another Sevilla player for life”, wanted to thank all the players, club staff, fans, “as well as the president and the whole council”. «I take the best one can take, the recognition and friendship of many of you. The respect of the players and my fans,” he declared proudly, remaining above all “with everyone’s affection”. other recognition than to thank,” added the Gipuzkoan coach.
“This is the podium as a coach that has pierced my heart the most. It’s a special feeling,” he underlined, after being moved onto the Pizjuán lawn on Wednesday night and tears shed before a grandstand rose to applaud him and say goodbye as he deserved, who spent three and a half seasons on the Sevilla bench. , directed 170 matches and won the Europa League. “In the Sevilla-Lopetegui binomial, there are many people. I don’t want to leave anyone behind. Everyone has contributed and between all of us we have tried to make Sevilla a little bigger” , stressed who is convinced the team is “going to turn the situation around and return to the place it deserves”.
“I wanted to be part of history and it’s something I’m proud of. It’s something we’ll take with us forever,” he insisted on Wednesday night bidding farewell to his former footballers, “that makes coaches good, better or worse.” “I told them I trusted them, that there is still time. is to achieve very beautiful things,” revealed Lopeteguim, who received a beautiful tribute from the Seville club before his last press conference in Nervión via a video of great moments from his career as a coach of Seville.
Source: La Verdad
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