How far away it seems the days when Sevilla FC terrorized everyone in the Europa League… A true ogre in the second European competition, with a monstrous record of 5 titles won between 2014 and 2023, the Andalusian team no longer scares anyone. This weekend, for example, Sevilla lost to the bottom of the Spanish championship, Real Oviedo (1-0).
The situation becomes very complex on a sporting level, since the team of Luis García Plaza, who arrived on the team bench two weeks ago to replace the Argentinian Matías Almeyda, finds itself in seventeenth place in La Liga, two points above the first relegation. A sporting downgrade which does not date from this season, since the club has now become accustomed to finding itself in the second half of the table. But in Seville, many fear that this season will be one of relegation, which would be a terrible blow for the club, already very unstable on a financial and institutional level.
A critical situation
The reception given to the players by the supporters at the airport was understandably very tense, with strong insults. José María del Nido Carrasco, president of the club, was also targeted, he who is considered to be the main person responsible for the current problems of the club. It must be said that the club is marked by this family conflict between the manager and… his father, historic president of the club, José María del Nido Borrego, who accuses his son of treason. A behind-the-scenes war which has obvious consequences for the club, which also experienced the departure of its emblematic sporting director Monchi. Result: an unstable club, mostly bad decisions, as symbolized by the nine coaches passed by the club in four years.
The tense scenes did not stop at the airport, since once the players arrived at the training center to leave for home, they were greeted by supporters, some of whom were hooded. The police had to intervene to prevent excesses which could have been very serious. It must be said that the current panorama of the club is distressing and that there is very little reason for hope for the future, with a very weak team, a club in crisis and general pessimism among supporters and the local media. And the calendar will not help since over the remaining eight days, Sevilla FC still has to play against Atlético, starting this weekend, and will also face clubs from the first part of the table such as Real Sociedad, Villarreal, Real Madrid and Celta…
