The choice of Monchi by giving the leadership of the project to his return to Seville Julen Lopetegui raised many misgivings before and during the development of the League among the fans, but it was after confinement when Sevilla, after achieving the mathematical classification for the Champions Two days before the end of the championship, he valued the work of the Gipuzkoan coach.
Based on a very solid block defensively, the former national coach, with merit in addition to having to assemble a team with 15 new signings, has achieved a Sevilla that has become the fifth best in history by score. The 70 points with which this Seville He finished fourth only behind Atlético for the overall goal difference, they have only been surpassed by the 76 of Unai Emery in campaign 14-15 (he was fifth), the 72 of Jorge Sampaoli in the 16-17 or the 71 of Juande Ramos on 06-07. JimenezFor his part, he was third with 70 also in 08-09.
Lopetegui, which is still pending the participation of Sevilla in the Europa League Starting with the round of 16 against Roma, he has made his team the safest in club history. With only 34 goals conceded, he is the least scored in history. Only in season 82-83 Manolo Cardo He managed to fit 31 goals, but in a League of 18, with two fewer games, so that of Lopetegui improves his coefficient.
But not only that, the Seville who finished the league undefeated in the 11 games after the break, has managed to stay 17 official games in the same season without losing (15 in the League and two in the Europa League), since he has not done so since October 9 against Celta. In addition, he has lost only 6 games in the League (8 in the three competitions) and has kept his goal to zero for no less than 24 games, which shows the effectiveness of the defensive system.
Lopetegui, who heard whistles in the Sánchez Pizjuán not long ago (in the 3-2 victory against Osasuna on the penultimate day before the interruption by Covid-19), he managed to convince the Seville fans with one of the four best seasons in the club's history.