Sevilla Almeida flies with his wings

It is noteworthy that among the 28 players from Matias Almeida (25 balls from the first team in addition to the three from the Castrine reserve team, Mano Bueno and Alberto Flores), The four footballers who play the most With the Argentine coach since the start of the 2025-26 season, they have their natural position on the wing, in addition to the versatility of some of them and that ability to act in other areas at the end. Between the league and the cup, the player with the most minutes accumulated in the entire Nervionense team is Jose Angel CarmonaWith 924 minutes played. Followed by the Chilean Gabriel Suazo870 minutes. The third is the extreme Ruben Vargaswhich amounts to 827 minutes played until the end of the first half. After the Swiss, the young player appears Juanlo Sanchezwho, despite rumors of his possible departure in the summer (a scenario he aims to repeat in the January window), is the fourth most capped player alongside Matías Almeyda.

He is also a young player Carmona This is another matter that dominated the movements in the market last summer. Nottingham Forest even offered 11 million euros to the player from Vicenio, but the player himself rejected the deal and decided to stay with the red and white team. The decision sparked some controversy among part of the Sevillismo squad, given that Carmona’s pre-season was not good and it can be understood that his departure to Premier was a good solution for everyone. The truth is that between Almeida and the footballer the tables have been turned. In the space of just a few months, he has become one of the top players in La Liga in his position and has dramatically increased his value as a Sevilla asset.

Carmona played cup minutes at Toledo and has featured in 11 of the 12 league games played so far. He scored in the match against Barcelona and provided three assists In matches against Alaves, Rayo Vallecano and Mallorca. The home-grown defender has primarily played as a right winger or winger, but has also done so on occasion as a centre-back, most recently against Osasuna last Saturday. Carmona missed only one match this season, against Elche in Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, and his team was unable to achieve a win (2-2). After the November break, he will have to stop. opinion Yellow fifth Against Osasuna in Nervion and a visit Spanishremains “clean” and at Matias Almeida’s disposal for what is expected Derby with Betis The next day, the thirtieth.

In this recent win over Osasuna (1-0), a contribution Juanlo Sanchez Like the right path. From this profile, he sent a wonderful ball to Akor Adams that would have become the opening goal of the match, and moments later, Quentinho was the target of Moy Gomez’s penalty kick that resulted in the winning goal for Sevilla, a result that ended a negative run of three consecutive league defeats and gave all the oxygen in the world to the Almeida team before the national team’s break. Juanlo, who Napoli are still monitoring and could become a winter transfer, played the entire cup match at Salto del Caballo and played in 10 of the 12 league matches (he only missed the matches against Rayo and Barcelona). He recorded an assist in San Mamés’ regular tournament debut.

The Vargas factor, the deciding factor

On the left wing, Ruben Vargas He excels very well as a winger in his natural position. The Swiss’s quality allows him to strike equally in the middle and on the right wing. His numbers make him Sevilla’s most decisive player. He scored the decisive penalty kick against the Reds that gave the final victory to Matias Almeyda’s side. Accumulation this season hat trick (Alaves, Mallorca and Osasuna) in total Four assists For his teammates in the duels against Girona (2), Elche and Barcelona. He had minutes in the cup and only missed the first match against Athletic.

No Sevilla player has scored more goals in La Liga than the Swiss since arriving at Nervion January 2025. In total, Vargas was directly involved in ten scoring matches: five goals and five assists. By the way, last Saturday’s goal against Osasuna was the first goal from a penalty kick in his entire career, because he has yet to take a shot from 11 meters (154 games with Augsburg and 22 with Sevilla). He is also the first Swiss player to score from the penalty spot in the history of the Spanish League, having also equaled Haris Seferovic as the best Swiss scorer in the Spanish championship (five goals each).

On the left wing, the role of one of Antonio Cordon’s signings for the 2025-2026 season is also transcendent, and he is the first Extremaduran player as president of the Nervionense Football Association: Gabriel Suazo. The Chile international arrived on a free after his time at Toulouse and has signed as a Sevilla player until 2028. He is already an untouchable piece for Almeida at left-back. The second player with the most minutes in the team, he has played every match since being scored in the third round against Girona in Montilivi, where he made his debut in a win (0-2). Godelli assisted on his goal against Real Sociedad. He did not even miss the cup match in which Almeida gave him a long half-hour. Suazo has been impregnated Personality and severity Sevilla’s left wing. He is the player with the most number of tackles won in LaLiga (32) and is also the player with the most dribble attempts by the opponent to recover the ball (27).

Even the other wingers who, due to various circumstances, have not participated significantly so far, whether due to injury or technical decision, contribute to the team’s numbers: Alexis He has two goals and one assist in seven games. AlphonseOne goal in seven matches JanuzajTwo goals in the cup.