Sevilla’s victory relieves but does not placate the crisis
One thing was for sure. If he Sevilla F.C. did not win the RCD Espanyol, Monchi He would have been forced to fire Lopetegui. The match was won, the coach saved his first match ball… but the club’s crisis is not over. The future is capricious and the calendar is loaded. A defeat in the Champions League, or next weekend against Villarreal, would again place the highest alert.
And in addition, there is a devastating obstacle, which is still very present at the moment. A dismissal of Lopetegui it would cost the Sevilla F.C. about €14 million with the only exception that it occurs with the team in relegation positions. If he had been lost to the Spanishthe Seville would be in decline, and the dismissal of Lopetegui a Monchi It would have cost him half.
Lopetegui criticizes Monchi for planning
The fact is that Monchi reluctantly accepted the continuity of Lopetegui and now, that the situation is dramatic, the stands ask for responsibilities. In the fans there is a lot of division already. Because it is understood that Monchi’s work has not been up to par either in a summer in which he has sold out to Koundé, Diego Carlos and Ocampos.
Two defenses have come who do not excite anyone, a 9 that in the last season seems stagnant, there is no substitute for Fernando… In the end, only Isco seems like a signing that can exploit. With this panorama, Lopetegui was already on the edge of the precipice from the beginning and his dismissal was going to be the first thing to come out.
Lopetegui’s dismissal is a matter of time
It is true that the match was planned well against FC Barcelona, but the image against Manchester City was deplorable. Monchi had everything ready to fire Lopetegui but the victory against Espanyol has changed things. But the feeling is still bad. It is the accumulation of bad results.
Only Cádiz looks worse than Sevilla FC at the moment. And it is that Lopetegui has dismissal numbers: 3 defeats, a draw and an agonizing victory in the first five days. And the worst thing is that the Champions League returns, before visiting Villarreal, and then Atlético arrives.
