Criticizing Sevilla for neglecting Fernando in his tribute

The situation in Seville still very tense. A new defeat against Athletic (0-2) and the situation that is one point away from relegation looks black and any detail is criticized by the fans. In this sense, the coldness of recognizing a legend like Fernando Regeswho was alone on the lawn accompanied only by the team and without the presence of any member of the board of directors.

José María del Nido Carrasco, making his debut as president, avoided going down to the grass to reveal a painting of the footballer with the shirt number 167, the games that Fernando played with the Nervionense shirt. Neither was José Castro, the top leader during the four and a half seasons the Brazilian stayed in Seville. The reason for most fans is clear: to avoid a certain fight on the part of the fans, who at different moments of the game offered chants of “resignation of the board of directors” to box.

Fernando said goodbye to fans accompanied only by his teammates and the two Europa League Cups the footballer won with Sevilla, one in Cologne in 2020 and the other in Budapest in 2023.

Del Nido Carrasco appears in a photo of a tribute given to Ernesto Valverde, who is celebrating 500 matches in the First Division and Sevilla gave him a gift, a shirt with his name and that number screen-printed. This fact has been criticized on social networks by fans and even former advisers of the club, who do not understand that Sevilla left a player like Fernando in his farewell.

This is a common practice as the fans are very hostile to the council. When some players completed a round number of matches, Sevilla switched from doing it at the Sánchez Pizjuán for the fans to doing it in training, in the privacy of the team and without the possibility to whistle the managers. This is what happened this week to Rafa Mir, who played 100 games for Sevilla.