So, while far from glorious (and mostly inglorious!), we are still nearly on track for Rene’s benchmark. However, the likelihood of a 40 point team being relegated is looking greater by the day, but all you need is two of the bottom half teams to lose a few winnable games and 40 looks safe again.
In any case, Sampaoli is hitting the 1.1 mark, just barely, but still an improvement over what Lopetegui hauled in his first couple month (also, barely). A moral defeat yesterday, but just gotta keep fighting tooth and nail.
We’ll make it.
PS - Firing Sampaoli is nonsense at this point. I suspect Castro and Del Nido Jr cancelled their trip because promoting Sevilla in USA and Mexico becomes significantly less of a smart investment when the team your promoting is fighting relegation. I personally don’t think they’re on the verge of firing Sampaoli.