Sevilla get the monkey off their back at last but still seek to find their groove | Sid Lowe
Jorge Sampaoli’s side recorded their first away win for 511 days at Leganés last weekend but while there are signs of progress, there’s much work to do“Players end up fearing they’ll never win away again,” Jorge Sampaoli said and you could see why. Sevilla hadn’t won on the road since 2015 – you know, back when there was hope. Worse, they hadn’t won away for a year and four months: 511 days had passed since a 3-2 victory at Málaga on the final weekend of 2014-15. An entire season had been and gone but they hadn’t been and won. They’d defeated lesser clubs Logronés and Mirandés in the Cup and Athletic in Europe, true, but travelling just wasn’t their thing....