He Sevillein a sporting, economic and institutional crisis, celebrated just one year this Thursday since the last match it played in European competition. On December 12, 2023 when the team then led by Uruguayan Diego Alonso, bid farewell to his time in the last edition of UEFA Champions League without achieving a victory in the group stage.
Sevilla went down 2-1 against the French on the sixth day of this campaign and have no chance of qualifying for the Europa League, a competition they won just six months earlier in Budapest, beating José Mourinho’s Roma in the final. The Andalusian team is at the bottom of a group that includes Arsenal, PSV Eindhoven and the French team with only two draws.
This elimination cost Diego Alonso his job, Víctor Orta’s disastrous bet to replace José Luis Mendilibar. The Uruguayan, who failed to win a game in the League or the Champions League (only 2 in the Cup against non-professional teams), packed his bags the same week after losing 0-3 against Getafe at Sánchez Pizjuán. Quique Sánchez Flores will arrive as his replacement, who will save the team from the threat of relegation.
In the last 20 years, Sevilla have never gone two seasons without playing in a European competition.
Source: La Verdad
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