We’re Already Winners…

By: Anthony | August 19th, 2008

After winning La Carranza Sevilla Campeona

La Liga hasn’t even kicked off and Sevilla have won two trophies. We’re not talking Copa del Rey or UEFA cup here but so far in pre-season things are definitely looking promising.

Out of all La Liga teams, Sevilla has had the most impressive pre-season record playing 9 games with 7 of those being victories and 2 ending in draws. Only Athletic Bilbao has more victories with 8, but they have also lost 3 games. Sevilla as a team has been impressive, yes, but there have also been some standout individual performances. In particular, Chevantón who has scored 10 goals thus far playing in 7 games. The Uruguayan has seemed to re-gain his confidence after being given a main role in Manolo Jímenez’ plans for the upcoming season. Chevantón and Koné have started most of the 9 games so far and dispite Koné not scoring many (1), he has been the provider for many of Cheva’s goals.

It is a bit too early to get excited about anything, but to see the likes of AC Milan, Inter, and Villareal held scoreless you have to have a certain sense of optimism about the upcoming season.

After winning the Russian Railways Tournament, Sevilla traveled to Amsterdam where they were not as successful, and dispite not losing a match, finished third. This was all quickly forgotten when they traveled back to Spain to take on and defeat Villareal in the first round of El Carranza, an annual tournament featuring 4 of the top teams in Spain’s Primera and Segunda divisions. With Athletic losing to Cádiz 1-0, it meant it would be an all Andaluz final with Cádiz hosting Sevilla. Sevilla easily handled their fellow Andalucians with a convincing scoreline of 3-0. The first 2 goals were scored by the man of the pre-season, Chevantón, and it was all topped off by Adriano.

Convincing enough?

With these two trophies in Sevilla’s cabinet already, they will be looking to add a third when they host Málaga in the I Torneo Antonio Puerta on August 23rd.

In other news, it was stated this week that Barcelona is interested in Diego Capel, and although Capel said he is happy at Sevilla and is not thinking about moving, we all know how football works these days, and when the big clubs come knocking, you can’t just say no. Not to mention that Capel has a buy-out clause of only 15 million Euros which is easily within Barca’s price range. If we lost Capel, it would be a huge blow seeing as we’ve already lost 3 major stars in Alves, Keita, and Poulson and losing him would definitely limit our options on the left flank, with Adriano being inconsistent.