Sevilla’s Woeful UEFA Champions League Performances Draw Criticism From Fans and Football Lovers

Sevilla’s Woeful UEFA Champions League Performances Draw Criticism From Fans and Football Lovers

Byron Pillay
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:13 PM
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  • Coach Julen Lopetegui is expected to be sacked as Sevilla coach after the Borussia Dortmund Champions League game
  • Sevilla FC conceded two goals in two minutes as they crumbled to a 3-0 deficit at halftime against Borussia Dortmund
  • Fans and football lovers took to social media to troll Sevilla after another dismal performance from the team

Sevilla can’t seem to catch a break.

The Spanish side have struggled for form in La Liga and carried that same form into the Champions League.

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Sevilla’s poor first-half performance against Borussia Dortmund left much to be desired and drew criticism from fans online. Image: David Ramos
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Their poor performance against Borussia Dortmund only compounded matters as the Spanish side found themselves 3-0 down in the first half of the game.

Raphaël Guerreiro opened the scoring for the German side in the first six minutes of the game before Jude Bellingham made it two in the 41st minute. Karim Adeyemi scored just two minutes later as the German side ran riot in Spain.

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The collapse from Sevilla drew criticism from fans and football lovers, as they took to Twitter to comment on the team’s performance.

@MunichFanpage:

"Fair play to Dortmund but Sevilla are absolutely poor this season. They are fighting relegation in La Liga. Haaland will eat them alive."

@Kibabiifinest:

"Dortmund is destroying Sevilla."

@MrNomso:

"What is happening to Sevilla?"

@asvplowkey:

"Can you sack the coach now?"

@MartianPLZ:

"Instead of sacking the coach weeks ago, they waited for him to put them bottom of everything."

@Irunnia_:

"Sevilla purposely losing their games so they can go to the Europa league and win it."

@_ArthurAa:

"Sevilla really wants to play Europa league they are not interested in playing the UCL."

Julen Lopetegui's Sevilla adventure is set to end after the Champions League game against Borussia Dortmund

Sevilla are on the hunt for a new coach, but they haven’t fired their current coach as yet.

The Spanish side find themselves in 17th place on the La Liga table, with five points from seven games. They have won just one game this season.

The poor start to the season has become too much for Sevilla’s board, and they have opted to replace coach Julen Lopetegui.

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Byron Pillay is a sports writer and Head of the Department at Sports Brief (joined in 2022) with over 10 years of experience in community journalism and a degree in journalism from Caxton's Cadet School.
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