Julen Lopetegui did not survive the 17th place in the Primera table after the opening seven rounds and a single point won in the first three games in the Champions League. Last night’s debacle at Sanchez Pizjuan in the meeting with Dortmund broke the ‘glass’ full of of dissatisfaction and the experienced expert was fired immediately after the game. They didn’t hesitate long in Seville – they didn’t even have the luxury of choosing too much – and already this afternoon they named a successor. A former coach and recently Marseille boss Jorge Sampaoli. The experienced tactician managed to return it to the Champions League with the French giant, but then resigned during the summer because the club’s management did not have the money to provide him with the required reinforcements.Signed on the dotted line. 🖊 pic.twitter.com/qdB8Ugl8y0— Sevilla FC (@SevillaFC_ENG) October 6, 2022 This will be Sampaoli’s second term on the Sevilla bench, where he was in the 2016/17 season, when he succeeded Unai Emery. It started like a fairy tale for both the club and him, Sevilla had 42 points at the halfway point of the championship (the best performance in history), just one less than the leading Real, however, the call to take over the Argentina national team completely disturbed the atmosphere at Sanchez Pizjuan.Senegal’s Gueye: ’Sampaoli is the worst coach I ever had’Sevilla did not want to let him go after only a few months, the results became somewhat weaker and a fall to fourth place followed, where the Andalusians ended their championship run. They were knocked out early in the King’s Cup, in the Champions League by Leicester in the round of 16. At his insistence, he took over the Gauchos at the end of the season. After such a breakup, few believed in the ‘renewal of love’, but it did happen. Betrayal is, obviously, forgotten. The Argentine got a new chance and signed a contract until the summer of 2024.Sampaoli wanted Saliba, Griezmann and Sanches in MarseilleJorge Sampaoli made a name for himself leading Chile at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, when the hosts narrowly dismissed Alexis Sanchez, Vidal, Medel, Pinilla, Valdivia and co. and only after the penalty shootout. A year later, the crowning glory of Sampaoli’s career will happen, as he won the Copa America with Chile. In club football, in Europe, he does not yet have a single trophy, however, with Universidad de Chile he has won the Copa Sudamericana, the second most important club trophy in South America.##NAJAVA_MECA_6697041##He will be remembered for one of the most genius statements in football ever. When he was asked who is it possible that his team at the time, Chile, looses to Uruguay when they had over 73% of possession he replied:“One night, I went to a bar; I was with a woman. We talked all night. We laughed, we flirted, I paid for several drinks of hers. At around 5 am, a guy came in, grabbed her by the arm and took her to the bathroom. He made love to her and she left with him. That doesn’t matter, because I had most of the possession on that night”.
