he Seville Club It will need to be reset quickly. The painful defeat in the derby forces Matias Almeida to rework his plan. Not with the good feelings of Cornelia L. Prat, nor in the day when there was even a certain equality … 0-1. This Seville loses a lot. The team has suffered eight defeats in La Liga, five of them in the last six matches. He conceded 23 goals in 14 matches, twelve of them in this period of negative results, with only one match without conceding a goal.
Nor is Nervion the castle its people desire. Sevilla has only achieved two victories at the Sanchez Pigzan Stadium – against Barcelona (4-1) and Osasuna (1-0), who have already lost four matches in front of their own fans after the defeat to Betis. Even the support of the masses, who forgot about the institutional problems this year, did not lead to improved results.. The excuse for the confusion that took hold among football players is no longer useful, but rather it has become a coach’s plan that has begun to fail, especially because of his defensive problems. Even the return of Azpilicueta, the captain of the defence, did not succeed in putting an end to the serious errors.
Almeida succeeded in getting his message across to the dressing room and to the stands as well. But words need action, and Sevilla’s numbers have not been consistent since the October break. A decline in performance with mitigating factors, from injuries to those individual failures, but in any team it always points to the coach first. Recovery of the rock version will be a prerequisite for reversing the dynamic. Improving match reading, both on and off the pitch, appears to be another essential point for Sevilla to win matches.
Sevilla still has room to move quietly. An important advantage with the relegation zone, although only three points were added from the round of 18, which should help the coaching staff’s thinking. Valencia, Oviedo and Real Madrid celebrate Sevilla’s fixture schedule until the Christmas break – In addition to the addition of the Copa del Rey – a period that the director of football, Antonio Cordon, also pointed to as key to decision-making in the winter market. Three matches in which it is necessary to add points to the scoreboard to scare away the ghosts of the past.
Almeyda would be doing poorly if he only focused on his players’ mistakes. Sevilla’s self-criticism forces us to look further. Both the selection of footballers and the playing style or those changes when the team needs a boost. Almeida’s moves, neither against Mallorca nor against Betis, did not succeed in stripping the team of the midfield without helping to improve the offensive phase. If the Argentine coach changed the face of Sevilla with his arrival in the summer, he now needs to be reformulated to regain his strong grip on the helm. May the derby wound heal as quickly as possible.