What a debut awaits the new coach of the Seville. just a few days ago Diego Alonsoremembered in Mexico for being crowned with the Cougars as a player and with the Tuzos and Striped as a coach, He was presented as the new strategist of the rojiblancos and, after the break for the FIFA date, he is ready for his first match this weekend against, neither more nor less, the real Madrid.
The white team will go into the match as the leader of the competition, with 24 points, two above the Girona, his closest pursuer, and three more than his staunch rival the FC Barcelona.
For his part, the Seville is in position 14 in the general table, with 8 units, and they need victory, since a mix of results on this day would immediately place them in the relegation zone.
Diego Alonso’s mission It is precisely to eradicate the risk of falling to the second division and, even, with great work, to get the team into the qualification positions for European tournaments.
The Uruguayan strategist, who took charge of his new team on October 10, respected the program prepared by the previous coach and maintained three days off for the players, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, after working with them regularly. Tuesday to Thursday, although the problem is that, in this break in club competitions due to national team matches, could not count until now with up to nine players called up by their national teams.
The Norwegian goalkeeper Orjan Nyland, the Spaniards Jesús Navas and Juanlu Sánchez (under-21), the Serbian Nemanja Gudelj, the Argentines Marcos Acuña and Lucas Ocampos, the Swiss Djibril Sow, the Belgian Dodi Lukébakio and the Moroccan Youssef En-Nesyri were the called by their teams.
Three of them did meet the Uruguayan coach on Monday afternoon in the Sevilla sports city, as Nyland and Jesús Navas were in the Norway-Spain match on Sunday in Oslo (0-1) and returned to the Andalusian capital, as did Sow, who also played his last game with Switzerland, in his case against Belarus at home (3-3).
Three others who could not be called up for the last match, the tie two at the Sánchez-Pizjuán against Rayo Vallecano last Saturday, October 7, have benefited from this break, especially the Argentine winger Erik Lamela, who had an ailment. in the rectus femoris of the right quadriceps and which has also been new in the session, the club reported in a statement.
The other two who were absent in that match against Rayo, the Spanish-Dominican forward Mariano Díaz, due to a small muscle injury; and the Serbian goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic, due to minor discomfort in his left knee; They are not with the group yet.
These days without competition have also been good for two players, the Brazilian center back Marcao Teixeira and the French center back Tanguy Nianzou, who have not yet made their debut this season as they recently recovered from muscle injuries but who are already medically cleared and working with the group .
The former Uruguay coach now awaits the gradual arrival of the other internationals to check the physical condition in which they return and face a demanding schedule in their debut, since, after Real Madrid, he will also visit the Sánchez-Pizjuán three days later, on Tuesday the 24th, Arsenal English on the third day of the group stage of the UEFA champions league.
With information from EFE.
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