Finally we arrive to this match, a game I think we’re all happy to see because it means we don’t have to watch any more of these games for awhile. FINALLY.
Obviously it’s been a rough season, and we’ll save the retrospectives for the off-season, but it’s been awhile since Sevilla had so little to play for on the last day of the season. We perhaps should have foreseen some of what this year brought us, but of course no one did, so this final game feels not like a sad farewell or a triumphant victory lap, but more like…nothing at all. It’s weird to feel so little on match day 38, but I guess as much as anything it’s a great time to remind ourselves how lucky we’ve been the last decade or so, that we’ve so often had reason to bite our nails in April and May, and…
Actually, I can’t put my heart into finding a silver lining here. Let’s get this over with, eh?
agreed.
but to clarify, isnt it mathematically still possible for us to finish top 7?
Yes but I don’t think we can get to 7th and have 7th be a qualifying spot. Bilbao will take the cup spot, so it should just be 5 and 6.
Nothing to play for, but Baba still doesn’t start?
bilbao gets it even if barca beat them?
yeah, that would make this all pretty moot.
correct. if CdR champ is in CL, the CdR runner-up gets the position.
apparently we’re winning, though. that’s nice.
unless levante lost…. and we beat them in tie breaker? thats impossible though b/c of head-to-head record… see you all next season. ugh.
yeah, wtf? not baba? not like he’s played well when given a chance or anything.
at 60′, sevilla up 0-1, which with other results is good for 7th. won’t help us, but it’s not a TERRIBLE finish if it holds.
holy shit…. villareal going down?!?! cant say im happy about that…..
sevilla, not content to end on a positive note, lose their 1-0 lead, end the game in a draw. finish in 9th place on 50 points.
good bye, shitty season.
Good. Nightmare season is over. Looking forward to the summer. I will either cry or smile. We’ll see.
Sevilla FC. Almost as good as Osasuna, Levante and Mallorca…
I would love the team to get Borja Valero.
My condolences to those relegated. At some points in the season we looked relegation material.
Wow, if you guys haven’t read the narrative of how the table ended up the way it did, especially at the bottom, I encoruage you to hop over to Marca.com or some other La Liga site to get the minute by minute account of how it all played out, joy, tragedy, and rage all included. Reading about what Villarreal has went through this season makes me glad to have had the “shitty” season we had. I’ll take our early exit from Europe and 9th any day over fighting for Europe and ending in “Liga Adelante” (what a painfully euphemistic name, huh? Similar to the euphemism of Third division being called “Segunda B”…it’s like “Sure, you’re just in Segunda B…somewhere between 2 and 100 years away from playing in Primera”)
In related news, how about Jimenez saving…literally SAVING Zaragoza from relegation? Here’s a narrative we all can warn Zaragocistas about: next season when the going gets tough, get rid of Jimenez in favor of your boring, untested 2nd coach. Then, bring on (the justifiably unemployed) Manzano so that he can totally destroy any semblance of player morale, work ethic, or even fanbase of your club. Then hire a decent coach but don’t give him a single player who can score goals consistently, and then fire him in order to hire a guy with nothing on his resume particularly better. That would be a sure recipe for disaster, our dear friends of Tharagotha.
Any bets how long Jimenez makes it at Zaragoza? I’d be happy if he did well and stuck around for a generation or two, he surely deserves it. How about Sevilla rectify the harm done back in the day and give Manolito another chance? Any new rumors on Sevilla’s next manager?