Diego Alonso, fired at Sevilla after the tough defeat against Getafe
“What makes you win is knowing why you are winning” can serve as an epitaph for Diego Alonso as coach of Sevilla FC. The phrase is yours. He spoke it a few days ago at a press conference. The team had just lost in Lens and was left out of the Champions League and the Europa League. “We have deserved to win most of the games we have played,” he added.
Getafe was already winning in the fourth minute at the Sánchez-Pizjuán. The result, 0-3, defined with goals from Borja Mayoral, Jaime Mata and Mason Greenwood, is the least important. The inability of the Sevillistas to stand up to those of Bordalás, to propose something more than boredom and disorder, to even show some football dignity, goes beyond the scoreboard. If Diego Alonso has not been out of Sevilla for a few weeks it is because the Board of Directors is surfing its own crisis, with Pepe Castro retiring and José María del Nido Carrasco warming up on the wing to assume, very soon, the presidency of the club. Sevilla's problem is metastatic. It affects offices and grass. And it has a difficult solution. Only goals could cover up the disaster, but goals are at the opposite end of this block.
The arrival of the Uruguayan coach was the first big decision of Sevilla's new sports director, Víctor Orta. Monchi's replacement told a press conference why he had noticed the coach: “I made a trip to Uruguay and we met at a barbecue.”. I was impressed by one thing he told me, that he knew he was going to be a soccer coach since he was 23 years old.. That day we talked about Luis Aragonés, Rafa Benítez and Héctor Cúper. Since then I always had it on my radar and watched how it evolved.. Now she has been my first choice to coach Sevilla and I thank the management committee for supporting her.”
Unaffordable figures
30,000 people were able to attend the Nervion tragedy. Diego Alonso's numbers are the following: in the Copa del Rey two victories, against CD. Quintanar and Astorga; in the Champions League four defeats; in the League, five draws and three defeats. These are unaffordable data for any club.. The Uruguayan barbecue raised expectations that have not materialized in the Andalusian capital. The team changes its approach every game, the players play without enthusiasm, there are no individualities, there is no manliness, only noise. A chaotic and faithless system. Victory is utopian.
«I'm not going to invent something that has been in the football Bible for so long. Sometimes happens. What affects the coaches and also the sports directors in the medium term are the results, and when you have been in this profession for so long, you cannot only want the beautiful,” said Víctor Orta when asked about Diego Alonso. The defeat against Getafe could be the final one. Granada and Atlético await this same week. If Cádiz beats Las Palmas, Sevilla would end the day in relegation positions.
The continuity of Diego Alonso would be an inexplicable decision for the fans. The stadium emptied in the 80th minute.. The footballers looked at the ground. “Segundazo” write some Sevillistas on their social networks, perhaps to scare away their own fears. A barbecue has never been so expensive.