April is usually the month of the Seville Fair, but on a football level the arrival of Mendilibar on the Pizjuán bench has been a real boost for the Seville team. Those from Nervión left the danger zone of the qualifying table and eliminated Manchester United, qualifying for the semifinals of the Europa League. The 10 points added to the Zaldibar coach restored calm to a convulsed and agitated club in a season in which Lopetegui and Sampaoli were sacked early.
Athletic has done quite a bit but this month of April it is almost over. The elimination in the semifinals of the Cup in San Mamés against Osasuna was a real torpedo in the middle of the waterline of the team led by Valverde. The lions, despite everything, have shown their ability to react by adding three consecutive victories in the League after a massive defeat in the KO tournament. To those nine points, we must also add the one obtained before the rematch against the rojillos with Getafe in San Mamés. Ten out of twelve, therefore, also for the rojiblancos.
Appointment to San Mamés
The two best teams at the league level in April will face each other this Thursday in San Mamés. Both have high morals. Both have their respective domestic tournament goals to complete. The clash promises intense emotions.
The advantage between Athletic and Sevilla in the qualifying level is eight points at the moment. The lions, for their part, are only one away from sixth place, occupied by Villarreal, and two from fifth, held by Betis. Valverde’s men have to face their rivals between now and the end of the League.
Mendilibar’s team, for their part, made an important step in the qualifying table. When Zaldibar’s coach took charge of the team, at the end of the twenty-sixth day, Sevilla was in fourteenth place in the table and only two points behind eighteenth, Valencia. Now the team from Seville is in twelfth position with a margin of eight points from relegation (Valencia is third from the bottom).
The match tomorrow in San Mamés will face two teams that want to apply pressure very early and impose a strong rhythm in their matches. The morale of the troops is very different from the same enemy. Visitors want to ensure peace of mind as soon as possible while locals are serious about their commitment to Europe.
Source: La Verdad
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