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Sevilla has not finished saving the bump in which it has been mired since 2020 started. A single victory in six LaLiga matches and a traumatic elimination against Mirandés is the balance of this start of the year of Lopetegui. Against Espanyol (2-2), despite getting ahead on the scoreboard, he could only rescue a draw against an opponent who ended up playing in inferiority. And, of course, the Basque coach admitted to being "worried about changing the dynamics of the team."

Lopetegui said in the press room of Pizjuán that "the nerves appeared when the stage was the most favorable", once Sevilla went ahead on the scoreboard at fifteen minutes, although he pointed out that "there is a lot of League, Europa League" and They must "go back to safety." The Spanish coach lamented that the team has lost "the defensive strength" that showed in the first part of the season and that this work should have an impact.

Nevertheless, the Basque coach stressed that "the team is in the objectives" were marked and insisted on "work" to return the results of the first round.

The controversy of the VAR

He also referred to the controversial play of the game, with the consultation of the VAR in the play that subsequently gave rise to the tie of Espanyol (1-1) in the first part. "We have surprised our bench and the rival.

We believed that the VAR should intervene in red or penalty plays and my way of seeing things is that the play was not so clear for red, so I do not understand it as a coach, "he said about that set in which Sergi Gómez saw only the yellow card and no penalty was indicated in favor of Espanyol.

"This opens a fissure. Technically they can explain it to me but I do not understand it. If you do not see the red one, it is not very clear and a partner from Madrid (VAR) does not have to send it to see it," insisted Lopetegui, who also stressed that With all this, you don't have to "shield yourself" and continue with the work to "improve the team".

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