Sánchez Flores: “I am aware of the magnitude of the situation, but I do not consider it as a personal challenge”

MADRID, 18 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –

Sevilla's new coach, Quique Sánchez Flores, admitted that “this opportunity is exciting” and that he is clear about “the magnitude of the situation” given the poor performance and the difficulties that a team is offering in which “we will have to put in the hours.” and the work it takes to change the dynamic.

“This opportunity is exciting. I have many ties with Seville, family and friendship, and I have been a participant in the history of this club as a member, something that when I came as a rival coach I have felt a lot. I thank the board for taking focused on me to try to change things,” said Sánchez Flores in his presentation collected by the Sevilla website.

The Madrid coach hopes that “a fan that always supports its team will have enthusiasm again” and from that support “try to reverse the situation” to a team that will play “depending on” the players it can count on. “I have played with different styles depending on the squad I have had at my disposal, but what I do want to see is a competitive team, for the players to demonstrate the level they truly have,” he warned.

In any case, he is clear that “this cannot be achieved in a single training session.” “But when something is wrong, you have to have the humility to see it and reverse it. We will have to put in the hours and the work it takes to change the dynamic. To know what we want, we have to know what we have,” added the new coach. of the Seville team.

“We want to transmit emotion, passion and hope for success, to work with the hope that what we believe in is achieved. The team is not mentally well, since when you are not at your level you are dejected and have negative thoughts. The intention is to make “The boys feel quite the opposite,” remarked the former soccer player, who does not doubt that the “exceptional youth team” that Sevilla has always had can be trusted to help a squad marked by losses.


Now, he must look for the first joy without time in this Tuesday's visit to Granada. “I have never had two days so frenetic, and even less so that they end with a match the next day, but we know what the scenario is and the importance of the clash. We are going to show our face, push with everything, and we hope that more stable days will arrive for prepare more,” he stressed.

“I am aware of the magnitude of the situation, although I do not consider it as a personal challenge, I do it with the emotion of doing something that serves the entire club, not only for my own interest. I believe in redemption and I think that there is “I have to be on the side of the one who wants to get up,” said the Sevilla coach.

Finally, Sánchez Flores referred to one of his assistants, José Luis Oltra. “He was the person I met with before starting my first career as a coach, he gave me flight so that I could expand later. We already talked years ago that at some point we would have to meet and Sevilla is a great place to do it “he confessed.