Matias Almeida He spoke to the media on Saturday before traveling to Valencia. More seriously than in other appearances, Almeyda wanted to defend his player Alexis Sanchezwhich was the target of criticism due to its poor performance against it … Extremadura.
“In football there is envy and resentment. Failure is constantly expected. It sells more than victory. Alexis wasn’t very good that day, but he did a great job for the team. I don’t understand the criticism, but whoever makes it should know the reason. I keep betting on footballers like Alexis I hope there are more people who love football like him. If one day he scores two goals the same way, they’ll say the great Alexis is back. Almeida explained: “There is still a long way to go and we do not know whether Alexis will score the most important goal.”
“He is a player who has the possibility of choosing a club and wanted to come to Sevilla.”
After recovering from the injury, the striker participated as a starter in the cup duel last Thursday, but he was not lucky in his actions. Something for which he received a bunch of criticism. Given this, the Sevilla coach wanted to remember that the Chilean is “a player who has the possibility of choosing a club and wants to come to Sevilla”. “He is one of the players who gets the least amount of money and Alexis’ desire is cracked. They may be good, average, or not very good, but they have many things that give them a bad reputation. Because respect is lost. They dressed him like grandpa and three days later they said how good he was. Almeida added, looking annoyed: “You have to remain consistent in your word so as not to enter into contradictions.”
Return of Jordan
Regarding other proper names, the man from Azulejo spoke as well Joan JordanWho returned to play for Sevilla after more than a year: “In the first moves, the lack of football was noticeable, and this is normal. I haven’t played since May and it will take a while. “Then he had very good attitude and excellent passing and he can contribute a lot.”