Athletic visit Sevilla tomorrow at Sánchez Pizjuán. The Seville club is experiencing a delicate situation after the dismissal of the Lopetegui on Wednesday night after losing to Dortmund and the arrival of Jorge Sampaoli. The Gipuzkoan coach had to lead the team when everyone ignored his departure. Despite this, he left like a gentleman without a bad word for anyone.
Ernest Valverde He wants to show his face today for his professional colleague in his assessment of the game tomorrow. “Through everything that happened, the best thing was the dignity where it was Lopetegui coped with the situation. We coaches already know how it goes, if you win everything will be fine and if you lose, everything will be wrong”, he said.
Sevilla only added 5 points out of a possible 21. However, the man from Gasteiz considers that his rival has enough matches to be better placed in the standings. Last season, without walking further, I was fourth. “They had a difficult start. Last week’s departure was a bit complicated July and the input of sampaoli. We will see how it will be assimilated”, he affirmed. “This is a team that is used to being at the top, in the Champions League. It did not start well, but the normal thing is that it wakes up and is in the classification. They want to start reacting as soon as possible and we will postpone it “, added him about the appointment in Pizjuán.
sampaoli led his first practice yesterday afternoon. It is possible to change something about the strategies of Lopetegui although he didn’t have time to adapt his playing style. “When a new coach arrives, there may be differences, although we don’t know to what extent those changes will be because it is only a few days away. We need to focus on ourselves. The players will not change. Maybe I can change places. They will be motivated because the situation is complicated”, he explained.
Txingurri He considers that the 1-4 received on Wednesday against Borussia was too much: “The result is misleading. The efficiency of Dortmund is higher than that of Sevilla. It looks like a toilet but it is not. When a team does not work well, everything happens to you. You don’t see the light. We know that they have an important spur because they are stuck at the bottom. There is a lot of excitement and they will be motivated. They have the resources for it. we will play our tricks and try to take the game with us”.
In any case, expect the best version of the Seville team. “When you face Sevilla you always expect their best version. You have to prepare your team to fight the best rival. I hope that Athletic compete from the first minute knowing that it is a complicated game. We must recognize the potential of the rival, we expect their best version”, he said.
The trainer only had casualties from They lived Y Yuri Berchiche. The gasteiztarra has started to touch the ball. Valverde He said that we have to wait to find out if he can reappear in the next match against Atlético and about Zaragoza, he said that he hopes to get him before the break for the World Cup in Qatar.
Source: La Verdad
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