Second hit in the season for Sevilla concentrated in the last 40 days. The King’s Cup elimination, at the hands of the eternal rival, thus adds to the premature goodbye in the Champions. Each start of a competition with its nuances and its obvious negative reading. There is no turning back. The Seville has remained, mid-January, immersed in two competitions. In the coming weeks, some hypothetical quarterfinals and first leg of the Cup semifinals are skipped. The calendar is somewhat cleaned up for an excessively diminished by injuries and international calls. Now the men of Lopetegui will be able to focus on The league while the Europe League.
This accumulation of adverse circumstances in terms of lack of troops, disproportionate in the current year, already took its toll last year in the Copa del Rey semifinals against Barcelona or in the tie against Borussia Dortmund. Sevilla arrived highly demanded in those months. As soon as he was released, his numbers in the League were spectacular. A reaction of this depth is not expected without the Cup, even more so when it now has two commitments in six days in the League with almost the same circumstances against which he faced the King’s Cup derbyjust hoping that Ferdinand and Dmitrovic can travel to Mestalla with a negative in the suitcase.
Two league games to try to reduce the distance with the Real Madrid, leader five points above, who already played his match of the interweek day before Christmas. And then there will be a break, where the UEFA teams (yes, the many Argentines in the Andalusian squad) that will help many Sevilla players to regain strength, while Monchi orders the latest market operations. One more entry (forward) is pending, trying to avoid as much as possible any exit that could be counterproductive to the interests of the club.
Until the return of international with Morocco, Sevilla will play two league games (Valencia and Celtic) plus another one already at the beginning of February. With all this, Lopetegui is still waiting for the arrival of a ‘9’. Because not only does he have to compete in the League, but in a Europe League that will gain weight as the date approaches. because the King’s Cup wound and everything that has happened around this removal will only heal with the passing of weeks and good results. And with a final in their stadium, Sevilla is more than obliged to compete as far as their strength goes. There are challenges ahead for the Nervión team. Very important and weighty. The next step, getting up from a painful goodbye to the Cup.
