Euskaraz irakurri: Jose Luis Mendilibar, Sevillako trains berria

Jose Luis Mendilibar is he new Sevilla coachas confirmed this Tuesday by the Andalusian club, which has destitute to Jorge Sampaoli after the defeat suffered this Sunday at Getafe (2-0). In this way, Mendilibar, Former First Division coach of Athletic, Valladolid, Osasuna, Levante, Eibar and Alavésassumes the challenge of keeping Sevilla in the top flight; Played 26 days of LaLiga Santander, the Sevilla team is classified in fourteenth place, with 28 points, two more than Valencia, which is eighteenth and thus occupies the first relegation position with twelve days to go in the championship.

Zaldibar’s is the third Sevilla coach this season; Julen Lopetegui started on the Sevilla bench, continuing in the position that he had held with remarkable success in the three previous seasons, but was dismissed on October 5, 2022, after a bad start in the League Championship and in the Champions League. Asteasu’s man was replaced by the Argentine Jorge Sampaoli, with whom Sevilla has played 31 official matches. Sevilla’s record in those matches has been 13 wins, six draws and 12 losses; Sevilla were one point above relegation when Sampaoli arrived, with five points in seven games, and now they have a margin of two, after having added 23 points in 19 games since then; In addition, it is in the quarterfinals of the Europa League, in which it will face Manchester United, and it reached the quarterfinals of the Cup, a tie that it lost to Osasuna.

Mendilibar, 62 years old, thus, has signed for his seventh First Division team since he started as coach at Arratia, in the 1994-95 season.

Source: Eitb

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