The Argentine coach celebrated the “important evolution” of the team, although he hopes to accompany it with “results”: “Tomorrow is a final,” he said
MADRID, 24 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Sevilla’s coach, Jorge Sampaoli, assured this Monday that the duel against Copenhagen in the Champions League is “a final” and an opportunity to “accompany with results” the “important evolution” that the team has experienced since its arrival, to which he urged to “go deeper into the style and be more aggressive”.
“Each match, due to our situation, is a final. Tomorrow is also a final, and the global evolution of the team has to give us a jump start. We need a rapid evolution, in the short term”, confessed Sampaoli in the press conference prior to the match. match this Tuesday (6:45 p.m.) against the Danish team.
With the dream of the Champions League already forgotten, the team from Seville needs to win to maintain their chances of entering the Europa League. To do this, the Argentine believes that the keys are “deepen the style and be more aggressive.” “With qualitative and quantitative volume,” he added.
“There is an important evolution. We stand as equals at the Bernabéu, but I think that evolutions are accompanied by results, that’s why we need to solve it as soon as possible. In tomorrow’s game we will put in fresh players, who are less worn out. No we can play with footballers at 50 percent. Tomorrow and Saturday there will be some alteration in the line-up”, advanced Sampaoli.
The coach reported that the goalkeeper Yassine Bono is doubtful in the absence of medical tests, Rekik completed his second training session and Marcos Acuña continues with his groin pain, although they will try to get him to this Tuesday. “He is improving and we will try to get him there, but without risking. But in the defensive phase the team does not have as many players as in the offensive part. The solution with Acuña is not to operate, there are other methods, it does not matter if there is a World Cup, we want the best for footballer2, he commented on the Argentine defender.
“Fernando has a problem that has not been solved, we are consulting. He will return on Wednesday, we hope he will be available to play,” he added in the absence section.
Sampaoli is still “angry” at the defeat (3-1) at the Santiago Bernabéu, “with two unforced errors”, but this “is football” and he asked “to continue growing and promoting the best of the team”. However, the Argentine It does not cross my mind that Sevilla will be defeated tomorrow. “I am very excited about tomorrow’s game, whoever plays,” he said.
“Copenhagen is a team that defends with a lot of people, very organized, with a very good transition. If we don’t find a way to be patient, it’s a team that will give us a bad night. They drew with the best team in the world and that generates us pay attention”, he analyzed about his rival, after warning that the Sevilla fans must respond to the importance of the match for their European aspirations.
Regarding proper names, Sampaoli praised midfielder Joan Jordán, for whom Sevilla “didn’t suffer the burden of Real Madrid” on the recent day. “He took a big step by playing a lot of minutes at that point,” he commented.
While Rafa Mir’s error in the second white goal did not make it ugly, since “he is a player directly in front of the goal, not in front of the game, with a great final shot”. “He played a good game against Valencia, and the mistake against Real Madrid is not a reproach. You can make a mistake in a pass, he should have stretched the team and we didn’t. We need to structure our idea of ??the game and that takes time2 , he added.
Asked about striker Kasper Dolberg, whom Sampaoli faced when he trained Marseille and the footballer was in the Nice ranks, he lamented that there is no “great relationship” with the rest of the teammates. “We will work to make it happen, we have to understand that he has a great capacity, but he needs to relate to his teammates. This is not tennis, it is football and they play eleven that have to understand each other. It is costing him because he does not know the language, he is introverted” , he claimed.
Finally, he praised the “talent” of Adnan Januzaj, but insisted that the “collective reality” of the team is above. “My obligation is to insert it as quickly as possible,” he asserted, before also emphasizing the “hierarchy” of Thomas Delaney.
