SAMPAOLI: “HAPPY TO FINISH FOURTH WITH 72 POINTS”

Jorge Sampaoli gave his thoughts on Sevilla's 5-0 win against Osasuna at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán on Saturday night.

Goals from Vitolo (2), Franco Vázquez (2) and Stevan Jovetic secured Sevilla's biggest margin of victory in LaLiga this season, and Sampaoli was happy with how his side closed the campaign.

"After securing fourth position and recording 72 points, I feel happy to have been a part of this project," he said.

Responding to his reception from Sevilla supporters during the game, the Argentine said: "I can't consider that because I didn't notice it, all I can say is that what we've achieved this season is quite positive.

"The most important thing is that I've got really close to the Sevillista feeling, the mindset that the team always had to win every game that we played. That link meant that the player were always focused on winning.

"I think we've done good things, we're fourth in LaLiga, in the Copa del Rey we were knocked out by Real Madrid and we were unlucky against Leicester in the Champions League, but we've had a good number of games that have seen Europe talking about the team. We hoped to be included in the fight for the league and as I said, quite positive."

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Sampaoli continued: "It was a campaign in which we were hopeful at time of challenging for the league, at that time we felt strange because the team had gone on a good run and then we dropped off and the other teams arround us maintained their levels, but I really value where we've finished in the league.