It was easily to be seen even before the season that Sevilla would struggle this season, as they lost all defensive key players and did not get any real good new signings. Also it was doubtful if coach Julen Lopetegui had overstayed his welcome, no matter how good he is.

The season shows that even if Sevilla have been a bit unlucky with their results and schedule that football in the end is a question of player quality. A coach can do some adjustments, but if your world class central backs are replaced by someone very ordinary the trouble will follow.

So Lopetegui got fired after latest loss in the CL, but it was coming for a long time.

The new coach Sampaoli is not heavily inclined towards defensive play, so his approach in the near future might be all attack! We can expect a 4-3-3, and probably after Christmas Sevilla is a good team, especially if they can sign good individual defenders in January's transfer window. Sampaoli was last time in Sevilla 5 seasons ago and he has done well basically everywhere he goes, especially with Chile, but as mentioned this is not a coaching problem but player material.

Bilbao have been excellent and entertaining under new coach Valverde. The Williams brothers and Muniain can destroy any defense, and as there is basically empty injury room they can fly south with a good confidence. Bilbao have won 4 of last 5, and scored 15 goals in the process! They are hardly the 1-0 team we used to know under Marcelino.

True, there are questionmarks and the new coach impact and boost is partly true, but Sevilla are in so deep waters still that it is hard to see them challenge any good teams properly with these defenders.

1-4 or so.

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赛季前就很容易看出塞维利亚本赛季会很艰难，因为他们失去了所有的防守核心球员，也没有得到任何真正好的新援。同样令人怀疑的是，无论教练洛佩特吉有多优秀，他是否在球队呆得太久了。

这个赛季表明，即使塞维利亚在成绩和赛程上有点不走运，足球最终还是球员素质的问题。教练可以做一些调整，但如果你的世界级中卫被一个非常普通的人取代，麻烦就会随之而来。

所以洛佩特吉在最近一次联赛失利后被解雇了，但这是他早就准备好了的。

新教练桑保利不太倾向于防守，所以在不久的将来他的方法可能是全部进攻!我们可以期待4-3-3阵型，也许圣诞节后塞维利亚是一支好球队，特别是如果他们能在1月的转会窗口签下优秀的个人后卫的话。桑保利上一次效力塞维利亚是在5个赛季之前，他在任何地方都做得很好，尤其是在智利队，但正如前面提到的，这不是教练的问题，而是球员的材料。

毕尔巴鄂在新教练巴尔韦德的带领下表现出色，富有娱乐性。威廉姆斯兄弟和穆尼亚因可以摧毁任何防守，由于伤兵室基本上是空的，他们可以带着良好的信心飞向南方。毕尔巴鄂在过去的5场比赛中赢了4场，并且在这个过程中打进了15球!他们已经不是我们在马塞利诺治下熟悉的1胜0负的球队了。

的确，有一些问题，新教练的影响和提升部分是正确的，但塞维利亚仍然深陷困境，很难看到他们用这些后卫挑战任何强队。

预测比分1:4。