'They are the two best leagues in the world, there can’t be such a big discrepancy between one league and the other. I think this is something that must improve here' 🎙️ simon22ph speaks with Sevilla’s Fernando
If his fond recollections of the “atmosphere in the stadiums” and “the best training ground I’ve seen in my life” are to be expected, the fact he mentions the match officials in England is a surprise given the current debate aboutYet, to provide some context, he is part of a Sevilla side who flew into Manchester still seething with the Spanish league authorities over the issuing of two red cards – to midfielder Pape Gueye and left-back Marcos Acuña – in their 2-2 Good Friday draw with...
“The players have to improve a lot of things too – you touch them a bit in the face and it’s ‘Aaargh!’,” he adds, even ifFernando himself was only back in the Sevilla team last Friday following a four-match ban for insulting the referee and his assistant during a defeat by Osasuna. He offers no excuse for his “bad words” – b*****d and son of a b***h, to be precise – and adds: “I made a mistake in the heat of the moment.
The latest incumbent is José Luis Mendilibar, a 62-year-old Basque whose only prior European experience was an Intertoto Cup tie with Athletic Bilbao in 2005. Yet he has overseen a win and a draw in his first two matches to move Sevilla five points above the relegation zone.
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