ANDn the corridors of Sánchez-Pizjuán you breathe optimism. Despite the last two draws in League and Champions, with a bad game in the European start, it is considered that the squad has been reinforced with level and necessary players. That Lopetegui he has more to choose from and that he can play with his pieces to always win the game. Also, now that the calendar gives its first squeeze, the technician will be able to dose efforts and see first-hand if those first impressions are based on good performance on the grass of the six transfers made. Well, there is one that has already more than offered it to you, although still has not been able to enjoy an ownership. It’s about an Erik Lamela that has dazzled the Sánchez-Pizjuán public and is already asking for an opportunity from the beginning.
Because with this rule, acquired after the pandemic, of the five changes, Lopetegui knows that with the substitutions it is time to decide the match. It is not an alternative to give headlines rest, but to turn up the revs of the crash and take the points. It is their way of thinking. For this very reason, Lamela’s irruption from the bench it has always been positive. He scored a double in his debut against Lightning and scored the winning goal in Getafe. He was nowhere near his 70-80% fitness and was already decisive. He also played half an hour in Elche, although there the team was not able to fully lift the game.
During the national team break, the Argentine winger has been loading the deposit together with his colleagues with hard training sessions and also good rest. Those who are close to him in the locker room talk about a new illusion in the player before the challenge that has been presented to him in Seville. Getting in on the right foot always helps and Lamela has needed less than a month to let go of the mane. His minutes before him Salzburg, with one less on the grass, they raised the audience of Nervión. Dribbling, endless runs with the ball sewn to the foot and defensive work. The former Tottenham does not leave indifferent with his football or with his dedication. Aborted one against Austrian at the foot of Lopetegui, which does not overlook certain details. He is seen with unlimited confidence and this is profitable in football.
It is true that the Basque coach has a Seville model on his head and that one of his gamers fetish is Suso, who occupies the same position in the field from which he starts Erik lamela. The man from Cádiz has always played when he has not been injured and it will be necessary to see how Julen manages this situation, since for the 7 to reach an optimal point of form you must play. Also, it doesn’t have that revulsive character that the vertical Lamela does provide. Even so, the one from Carapachay is asking his boss for a chance at eleven. Let it be seen how it unfolds in a starting eleven, with the most closed match and having to face fresh opponents. It is clear that the formula of two touch ends and not very vertical tends to go wrong for Sevilla. With Ocampos already recovered, between the 5th and the 17th, one of the two compatriots should always hammer from the side. Lamela knocks on the door. Julen has the key.
