The home defeat by Borussia Dortmund 4-1 It was the last chapter in his story Julen Lopeteguand as coach of Sevilla. After being relegated from the Champions this Wednesday, the Andalusian side confirmed what had already been shaping up for several days: the dismissal of the coach.
Now everything shows His replacement will be the Argentinian Jorge Sampaoliwho already managed Sevilla before taking charge of his country’s team ahead of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
i ️ Julen Lopetegui stops being manager of Sevilla FC.#WeareSevilla
– Sevilla FC (@SevillaFC) October 5, 2022
Beyond this final negative, with a The start of the 2022-2023 season is truly one to forgetLopetegui’s cycle in Seville ends positively, with the title in the Europa League 2019-2020 as the highest point. In addition, at local level, he led Sevilla to three consecutive fourth places in La Ligaclassifying each version of it Champions League.
In total, Lopetegui managed 171 games for Sevilla, with a point 89 wins, 45 draws and 37 losseswith +79 goal difference.
Seville found 17th in La Liga with just 5 points from 7 matcheswhile in the Champions League it hardly accumulates one unit in three presentations and his rank is seriously at stake.
The return of Jorge Sampaoli
Although not official yet, different reports are saying so Jorge Sampaoli will return as Sevilla coachwhere he was 53 games in the 2016-2017 season, before making the jump to the Argentine National Team. In these, he had a mark of himself 27 wins, 12 draws and 14 losseswith +26 goal difference.
Sampaoli’s last record as DT was at Olympiacos Marseillewhere he directed the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 seasons, reaching second place in the last Ligue 1.
In Sevilla, Sampaoli will have the responsibility of managing a number of Argentine players who are set to take part in World Cup Qatar 2022 What Gonzalo Montiel, Marcos Acuña and Papua Gomezbeyond other compatriots without a place in the national team such as Erik Lamela.
