How can Sevilla get back into top four – La Liga Debate?
The Seville-based club were five points short of Villarreal and the ticket to participate in the forthcoming edition of UEFA Champions League. 2010/11 was a forgettable season for the two-time UEFA Cup champions. Injuries to key players throughout the season
were the highlight for most part of the campaign.
With European glory still on the cards through participation in Europa League, the club should make a top four position its target for the 2011/12 La Liga campaign. Only two slots will be available for Champions League participation http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AS-Real-c38478 Madrid continue
their chase of Barcelona for La Liga title.
With http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 going strong with their rebuilding phase and Villarreal having already exhibited their Champions league credentials, competition is going to be strong, cutthroat more like. Sevilla will have a tough battle on their hands as Atletico Madrid,
Espanyol and Athletic Bilbao also aiming for the elusive Champions League berth.
The club axed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Racing-c40298 Santander’s Marcelino García Toral has been brought in. Manzano failed to answer the club’s defensive woes and should not be complaining.
In the 2010/11 La Liga season, defence was Sevilla’s Achilles heel. Conceding at a rate of 1.61 goals per game has to be tagged alarming at the least. This greatly put off the heroics of front man Alvaro Negredo, who became the 20-goal a season striker he
was purchased to become. The appalling displays from the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Defence-c38904 were the reason the team was expelled from the Champions League in the qualifiers by Braga, a team hardly of the same calibre.
The club need to sort out their defence if they are to live up to their Champions League ambition. They have to find an able replacement for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-c33030 Sanchez, who was sadly diagnosed with cardiac pathology. The defender will be able to play again in the coming
season, but Sevilla cannot depend on his availability alone. They faced a tumultuous campaign last time out and should only learn from their mistakes.
Sevilla have made permanent the signing of Martin Caceres. The former-http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 player is an able defender who can be inconsistent at times. New coach Marcelino will have to keep an eye on the fabled star’s form and make sure he peaks his physical and mental
fitness.
With the midfield full of talented players, reinforcements are hardly required, though, decent back up options would be more than welcome. The Sevilla midfield can match up to the best in the competition. The likes of Jesus Navas, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Piotr-Trochowski-c30046, Ivan
Rakitic and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-c11058 Perroti can keep their own against most of the league’s midfields, and only good will come with the said stars working for the Seville-based club’s cause.
Marcelino García Toral has at his disposal a very talented squad that should be playing in the Champions League. With the ousting of trouble-maker Luis http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabiano-c13129, the backroom is free of any nuisance. Toral should look to formulate a squad around the magnificent
duo of Navas and Negredo. The wing-wizard, Navas, has been exhibiting his talents for Sevilla, and it’s time he becomes the cornerstone of Toral’s strategy. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Álvaro-Negredo-c5294 on the other hand should, become the focal point of the club’s attacks.
The 2011/12 La Liga season will depend on how http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marcelino-c23540 García Toral utilizes his squad and alters his tactics to match his opponent’s. The players at his disposal are able enough to win a Champions League berth next season, and Toral has to make sure it
happens under his tutelage.
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