{"id":1715,"date":"2025-10-24T18:40:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T10:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=1715"},"modified":"2025-10-24T18:40:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T10:40:37","slug":"sergio-franciscos-job-on-the-line-against-sevilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/24\/sergio-franciscos-job-on-the-line-against-sevilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Sergio Francisco&#8217;s job on the line against Sevilla"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-30.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-30.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-30-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-30-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sergio Francisco&#8217;s future at Real Sociedad hangs in the balance ahead of this weekend&#8217;s clash with Sevilla. Reports from San Sebastian suggest that another defeat could seal the manager&#8217;s fate, with growing uncertainty surrounding his position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Basque side remain&nbsp;<strong>mired in the relegation zone<\/strong>, and Friday&#8217;s fixture carries&nbsp;<strong>enormous weight<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 not only for the club&#8217;s campaign but for Francisco personally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to local sources, failure to secure a result against Matias Almeyda&#8217;s&nbsp;side could&nbsp;<strong>lead to his immediate dismissal<\/strong>, preventing him from taking charge of the following match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the board appointed&nbsp;<strong>Francisco&nbsp;<\/strong>to replace&nbsp;<strong>Imanol Alguacil<\/strong>, they hoped to&nbsp;<strong>replicate the success<\/strong>&nbsp;of promoting from within. However,&nbsp;<strong>that plan has yet to bear fruit<\/strong>. After nine league games,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.besoccer.com\/team\/real-sociedad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Real Sociedad<\/a>&nbsp;have recorded&nbsp;<strong>just one&nbsp;<\/strong>win and&nbsp;<strong>three draws<\/strong>, leaving fans frustrated and anxious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the summer departure of midfield anchor&nbsp;<strong>Martin Zubimendi<\/strong>&nbsp;has left a void,&nbsp;<strong>much of the squad<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 and the tactical philosophy \u2014 remains the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet Francisco&#8217;s&nbsp;<strong>Real Sociedad<\/strong>&nbsp;have struggled to&nbsp;<strong>reproduce the cohesion<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>intensity&nbsp;<\/strong>that once defined the Txuri-urdin. The upcoming match against&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.besoccer.com\/team\/sevilla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sevilla<\/a>&nbsp;could therefore prove&nbsp;<strong>decisive&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014 both for the team&#8217;s fortunes and for the coach&#8217;s future in San Sebastian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sergio Francisco&#8217;s future at Real Sociedad hangs  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1715"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1717,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715\/revisions\/1717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}