First team

PABLO MACHÍN: 'I REALLY BELIEVE IN MY SYSTEM BECAUSE IT HAS GIVEN ME RESULTS'

18/09/2018

Sevilla's manager appeared on the first episode of A Balón Parado's eighth season. He analysed how he views football, the responsibility that he knows he has in Sevilla to grow his career as a manager and he also showed his side away from football, not forgetting his roots

Pablo Machín, entrenador del Sevilla FC, ha sido el invitado que ha inaugurado la octava temporada de A Balón Parado. El soriano ha enseñado su cercanía y sencillez, así como su pasión por el fútbol y la oportunidad que sabe que tiene ante sí en Sevilla: "Me siento un privilegiado por hacer lo que me gusta y encima hacerlo en Primera división y en un club tan grande como el Sevilla FC. Yo nunca pensé en entrenar más allá del equipo de mi tierra".

Sobre la UEFA Europa League, la competición del sevillismo, Machín aseguraba que "es una responsabilidad. Si el Sevilla ha crecido tanto es porque en Europa ha cosechado estos resultados. Teníamos la obligación de clasificarnos que no eran tan fácil como parecía y ahora tenemos que disfrutarlo y pasar la fase de grupos para llegar lo más lejos posible".

El soriano hablaba sobre su idea de juego: "Las lesiones afectan y en una semana hemos perdido tres buenísimos futbolistas. Lo importante para mí es la idea. Poner futbolistas ofensivos como Navas y Aleix estás diciendo que son extremos y que quieres ir hacia arriba. Creo mucho en este sistema porque me ha dado muchos frutos anteriormente".

"Caparrós solo quería saber si estaba preparado para entrenar al Sevilla"

El técnico del Sevilla FC explicaba cómo fue su fichaje por el club de Nervión: "Yo sentía en Girona que tenía el suficiente bagaje como para dar un salto a una oportunidad irrechazable. He ido teniendo ofertas de renovación allí pero me dijeron que estaba muy cerca el tema del Sevilla, recibí una llamada de Caparrós y fue tan directa como es él: que no hacía falta hablar de fútbol y que quería conocerme como persona y si me sentía preparado para entrenar al Sevilla, que iba a ir a un club muy grande".

Pablo Machín, manager of Sevilla FC, was the guest on the first episode of A Balón Parado's eighth season. He showed his close nature and his modesty, as well as his passion for football and the opportunity he has in Sevilla: 'I feel privileged to be able to do what I love and even more so to be able to do it in the first division and in a club as big as Sevilla. I never thought I'd ever be able to manage more than just my local team.'

Regarding the Europa League, Sevilla's competition, Machín assured that 'it's a responsibility. If Sevilla has grown so much it's because they've gained their best results in Europe. We had to qualify, which wasn't as easy as it seemed, and now we have to enjoy it and get through the group stages and go as far as we possibly can.'

Machín spoke about how he viewed football: 'Injuries affect the team and in one week we have lost three great players. I consider the idea to be the most important. By playing offensive players like Navas and Aleix you're saying that they're wingers and you want to play high up the pitch. I really believe in this system because it's given me results.'

'Caparrós only wanted to know if I was prepared to manage Sevilla'

The manager explained how Sevilla went about hiring him: 'I felt that I'd amassed enough experience in Girona to make the step up to this incredible opportunity. I had the chance to renew my contract but I was told that things were advancing with Sevilla, I got a call from Caparrós and he was so direct, as he is - he said we didn't need to speak about football, he wanted to know how I was as a person and if I felt prepared to manage Sevilla, as I'd be going to a very big club.'

Pablo Machín has not forgotten where he came from and he values even more what he has achieved: 'Football is the most important thing among the less important things in life. Family and friends who are always there and have taught you not to forget your roots. Being a professional coach I have been to give my father a hand on the pitch, now that he is getting old. If football had not worked out for me I could have been a teacher which is what I am.'

At the end of the programme, the coach received a visit from his technical staff and he expressed what they meant to him: 'They bring a lot in terms of training and on a personal level because at the end of the day we are a family here. We have gelled very well with the people here, which was very important as it has allowed us to understand the meaning of Sevillismo.'