Sevilla’s New Coach Next Season May Be…
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I tell myself time and time again to NEVER trust anything that comes out of the Spanish papers unless EVERYONE of them reports it. But even then I don’t believe anything until I see it with my own eyes.
This comes from my experience with Sevilla midfielder Christian Poulsen who was ’signed sealed and delivered’ to Barcelona. And upon a press conference to discuss it, Poulsen said. ‘What?’
Today’s latest piece of gossip to strike me deals with my beloved Sevilla, and a possible coaching change at the end of the season….with
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Tags: Sevilla v Almeria–Musho Beti??
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When I lived in Spain last year, my best friend Juan was a Betis fan, and I, obviously am not. When we went to Valdemoro for the Feria, we stumbled upon this Betis bar, which was actually pretty cool. The owner was from Sevilla and we chatted for a while as Juan took pictures to send me upon every Sevilla loss.
Me showing my love for the Peña Betico Valdemoro
But sometimes you have to put your differences aside, and actually root for the other guy. In this case, it’s this weekend as Betis take on Atlético Madrid in a must win game for BETIS!! We desperately need their help in order to squeak into 4th place in La Liga this season.
I’m not the only one, as Andres Palop said ‘I want Betis to do us a favor and win’
As for the game itself, Sevilla take on Almeria in the Sanchez Pizjuan. In the first meeting of the clubs, Almeria came through with a 1-0 victory as Dani Alves was sent off in the opening minutes of the second half.
Sevilla will take to the field with 18 players in their roster.
Palop, De Sanctis, Daniel, Crespo, David Prieto, Fazio, Mosquera, el susodicho Adriano, Poulsen, Renato, Keita, Jesús Navas, De Mul, Duda, Capel, Luis Fabiano, Kanouté y Koné.
Adriano has made his return to the squad, but Escude, Boulharouz (who?) Drago, Chevantón and Javi Navarro still are injured. Navarro did undergo a new scan on his injured knee this week in Barcelona
This game really is huge. I don’t know how much I can stress that. Let’s take a look at the table right now.
Category: Team NewsTuesday in Nervión
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After Sunday’s 3-2 win against Mallorca Sevilla now sit 3 points behind Atlético for the coveted 4th place in La Liga, and more importantly the last Champions League spot. Isaiah gives the rundown on Sevilla’s last 6 games in La Liga, and I’ll go into a bit of the preview later on this week.
Luis Fabiano Blows Up, Calms Down
The new talk on the block is about the whole Luis Fabiano blowup on Sunday. For those of you who didn’t hear, Luis Fabiano was none to happy about being subbed off at halftime in the win against Mallorca. Fabiano said after the match that he would rather sit on the bench then be subbed off during the game.
Well, needless to say that didn’t sit well with most of the sevillistas, especially Kanouté who came out against Fabiano saying he would need to get used to it if this happened.
Today, on El DesMarque, Renato spoke for the entire team, saying ‘Luis talked with us and to the coach and everything is fixed.’
The First ‘Jueves de Feria’ Without Antonio Puerta
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It would be criminal of me today to not mention Antonio Puerta, on this ‘Jueves de Feria’ (Feria Thursday).
2 years ago, Antonio Puerta single handedly started Sevilla on a run that would Spain 15 months and 5 separate titles (UEFA Cup 2006, 2007, Spanish Copa Del Rey 2007, Spanish Super Cup 2007 and European Super Cup 2006). His goal against Schalke didn’t only lift Sevilla to the finals against Middlesbrough, but it was also a spectacular goal, scored in the 100th minute of the game, in Sevilla’s 100th year of existence.
And on a totally random note, this is my 100th post on The Sevilla Offside…creepy
When this goal was scored, the city quite literally erupted into a frenzy, as you can see from the video. This goal will live as one of the greatest goals in Sevilla history.
Manolo Jimenez wrote a great remembrance today in MARCA about this topic. Remember that Jimenez was Puerta’s coach in Sevilla Atlético for a few years before his move up to the first team under Joaquin Caparros, and ultimately under the guidance of Juande Ramos.
His few lines says it all:
No resulta fácil encontrar las palabras adecuadas cuando se trata de recordar la figura del gran Antonio Puerta. Es un futbolista, una persona, por la que siento una especial predilección. Se cumple el primer Jueves de Feria sin él, se cumple el segundo aniversario del Jueves de Feria que cambió la historia del Sevilla y el destino de Puerta.
It’s not easy to find the right words when trying to remember the great Antonio Puerta. He’s a footballer, a person, for whom I felt a special predilection. It’s the first ‘Jueves de Feria’ without him, and it’s the second anniversary of the ‘Jueves de Feria’ that changed Sevilla’s history, and Puerta’s destiny’
Jose Maria Del Nido Strikes Again
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Anyone who reads this blog (all 4 of you) realize I love Jose Maria del Nido and all of the lovely things that comes from his greedy, sketchy lawyer mouth. Look at what a stud he is, in all his Feria de Abril glory, hanging out in his fancy caseta
Today, Del Nido came out with a pure classic. Talking about Dani Alves and his supposed desire to leave for Barcelona, the Sevilla president had this to say.
“Por 25 millones de euros le mando al Barcelona las botas de Daniel Alves para que se las ponga un lateral del filial. Es quizás el mejor lateral derecho que hay actualmente en el mundo, y mi ilusión es que continúe los cuatro años que tiene”
For 25 million Euro, I’ll send Barcelona Dani Alves’s cleats so that a youth squad player can wear them. He’s possibly the best right back in the world and my hope is that he will stay here for the four years he has
Haha. What balls this guy has. I swear, the best things come out of this guy’s mouth. Basically he just told Laporta to screw off, and Dani Alves isn’t going anywhere.
Later in the convo, Del Nido denies that anyone has contacted him about the Brazilian, but does say that he won’t talk to anyone until the season is over.
It just so happens that this comes out of the Madridista AS, which sticks it to the Catalans any chance they get. But Del Nido knows how to deal, I’ll tell you that. He’s not afraid to stick his neck out there and say something stupid, but its what he’s known for. Well, that and the whole Malaga deal, but that’s neither here nor there! Jeje.
The Tuesday Wrap-Up
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(First off, I’d like to give a big middle finger to Time Warner who, thanks to their love for their customers, has rendered me and most of my friends without the internet for the last 6 hours, allowing me to miss the Offside Podcast taping. Now, It’s 2:45am and I’m sitting in my Office trying to finish up work. Thanks Time Warner!)
Phew, now that rant is off my chest, its time to get back to work.
Sevilla 2 - Villarreal 0
First off, I have to say, this was a must win game for Jimenez. Even though my boy Monchi said he wants him around next year, without this win, it would have been a bit harder to get that point across to the fan loving Del Nido.
With that being said, Jimenez did the first real tactical change of the year, going with a 4-5-1. The loan striker was Luis Fabiano, and surprisingly enough, this opened the field way up for Sevilla to attack on the wings. With Adriano stuck in the middle until getting hurt (more on that later) the wings were wide open for Navas and Capel to do their things.
I never give game recaps per se, but what an amazing ball from Dani Alves to Luis Fabiano for the goal. An over the top long ball from about 50 yards away bounced twice into the box and Fabiano buried it in the back of the net.
The technical change really sparked something in Sevilla, and maybe we’ll see more of it this coming weekend. Seriously, what do we have to lose?
Defense = Hospital Unit
It’s obvious that Sevilla have overcame some pretty outstanding obstacles this season, with the death of Puerta and the departure of Juande Ramos to name a few.
But, right now, our focus must turn to the defense and the hospital unit it has become. Here’s where we currently stand in the back.
Sevilla v Villarreal — A Whole Lot Going On
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Sevilla take to the field against Villarreal on Sunday with the hopes of stopping this their current two game skid. As everyone and their mother says now, each game is essentially a final, with 8 ‘finals’ still left to play.
If Sevilla hopes to make their way back into the Champions League spot, they will have to overcome a current 5 point deficit as they sit in 6th place behind 5th place Racing and 4th place Atlético Madrid, who both sit on 50 points.
Convocatorio
Sevilla have announced 19 players for the game on Sunday. Palop, De Sanctis, Daniel, Adriano, Mosquera, Fazio, Duda, Keita, Poulsen, Renato, De Mul, David Prieto, Crespo, Alfaro, Jesús Navas, Diego Capel, Koné, Kanouté y Luis Fabiano.
Out Escude, Boulharouz, Javi Navarro, Maresca, Chevantón.
MARCA has Adriano starting at Right Back, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Jimenez throws in young David Prieto to see what he can do.
Category: Team NewsSevilla—On a Personal Note
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Asociación Sevillista Puerta de America is now OFFICIAL
Hola Sevillistas! I have some great news for everyone out there. The Asociación Sevillista Puerta de America, the ONLY Sevilla FC supporters club in the United States is officially OFFICIAL. We were ‘inducted’ as one of the more than 250 official Sevilla FC Peñas in the world.
Today, we were also approached by MARCA to do a story on the peña, and also we were mentioned in www.orgullodenervion.com, with a pretty cool little picture on the side.
If anyone is interested in joining the peña, go to ASPA for more information.
This summer, the socios are all planning a get-together in NYC. The time and place is not set yet, however as details are set, we will let our socios know.
Watching Euro 2008 From Barcelona??
On a personal note, everyone keep your fingers crossed (or your thumb wrapped up in your fist as us Polish do) for good luck. Today I sent off my grant application that I’ve been hard at work on for the last month.
If I get the grant, I’ll be spending the summer months in sunny Barcelona and will be able to take in the Euro 2008 atmosphere ALL EXPENSES PAID. I’ll actually be taking a Catalan class at the Universitat de Barcelona if all goes well (since my program makes it necessary that I learn Catalan if I want to do any sort of dissertation work on the topic).
Sevilla–Now Full of Barcelona Fans
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After Barcelona’s loss/bitter defeat/epic breakdown at the hands of Betis last night AND Villarreal’s 3-0 win I’m sure Sevilla just picked up a few Barcelona fans while the cules now sit in 3rd place in La Liga.
A Sevilla win would make the blaugrana smile, that’s for sure, but not cure the sting that has to still be prevalent from that performance last night.
If you hop on over to The Real Madrid Offside, Corey has already done the preview. You can see everything about our white shirt wearing opponents over there, and also get a glimpse of what’s going on in our neck of the woods.
What I can tell you in the 5 minutes I have left before I get out of here to go to work is this.
Palop, De Sanctis, Daniel, Crespo, Fazio, David Prieto, Mosquera, Poulsen, Keita, Renato, Navas, De Mul, Adriano, Duda, Capel, Luis Fabiano, Koné y Kanouté.
These are the Sevillistas that will take to the Bernabeu in hopes of defeating the current La Liga champions. We have given the champs trouble as of late, with a win in the first part of this La Liga season (3-1 if I remember but that’s simply trying to pull the scoreline out of my ass).
Note we are without Escudé, Maresca (The Ram) and Drago. And we’ve brought up the youngster David Prieto to I’m sure see some playing time if need be at the end of this game.
So no more analyzing. Like all La Liga teams, we need every win we can get. Every game counts. Sevilla sit 2 points behind 5th place, but with a loss, we can find ourselves in 7th before the night is over.
Keys for Sevilla:
The defense to shore up in the back (NO MORE CRAPPY SET PIECE DEFENDING)
Luis Fabiano to take control of things up top and not disappear in this big game.
Keita and Poulsen to hold it down in the middle.
Capel to be a beast as he always is on the Left Wing.
Dani Alves to step his play up and get with it and to get some chemistry back with Jesus Navas.
Kanouté to snap out of whatever funk he is in. (If not, throw Koné in, why not??)
That’s it Sevillistas, I should actually catch the 2nd half of the game since I will be out of work at 4. If time allows, I’ll try to post some things during the game.
¡¡¡VAMOS MI SEVILLA!!! ¡VAMOS CAMPEÓN!
Category: Team NewsSevilla-Atlético ‘Passport to The Champions’
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(Do you ever try to write posts and you just struggle to get going? That’s what this one is like so forgive me if it’s a bit off)
MARCA is billing Sunday’s clash with Atlético as the ‘Passport to The Champions League’ and that’s in fact what it is. The winner of this game will be sitting in 4th spot and holding the last spot to next year’s Champions League.
This game is literally ‘huge’ for both teams. Sevilla finally got taste of the Champions League this season and want to relive that moment next year. Atlético are looking to get into the Champions league for the 10th time and the first time since 1996.
All the hype for this week’s game has been centering on the game as a whole. Both teams realize this game is the biggest in the season, but Manolo Jimenez doesn’t call the game the biggest of the season.
¿Considera el partido ante el Atlético el más importante de la temporada?
Es importantísimo, pero es otra final más. Las dos anteriores las hemos ganado y ahora viene otra que queremos encarar con el mismo esfuerzo y dedicación. De no ganar, sería un frenazo en seco. Aunque no es definitivo, aún no es un partido concluyente.
The list of players Sevilla are bringing are:
Palop, De Sanctis, Daniel, Mosquera, Crespo, Renato, Dragutinovic, Escudé, Adriano, Duda, Keita, Fazio, De Mul, Maresca, Poulsen, Capel, Jesus Navas, Koné, Luis Fabiano y Kanouté.
Drago and Escudé were doubtful for the game but are included in the list of 20.
The Keys For Sevilla to win this game are:
Luis Fabiano needs to keep being the stud that he is. Another 2 goals last week to 22 goals on the season (7 clear of Diego Milito of Zaragoza).
Defending on set pieces needs to be better and for the last 2 weeks Jimenez has said they’ve been working on them. Sevillisimo y más Futbol did a great piece on the defending habits of Sevilla.
Keita and Poulsen need a solid game in the middle for Sevilla to give Atlético a bit of trouble.
Sevilla’s defense need to be weary of Agüerro and Forlan up front.
That’s all I’ve got tonight as I have to do some work for Queen City FC (The NPSL team I work for in Buffalo).
Cheers everyone.
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