Sevilla chief Orta concedes Alonso position in doubt

Sevilla sports chief Victor Orta concedes coach Diego Alonso is in danger of the sack.

Sevilla are yet to win under Alonso after he arrived to replace the sacked Jose Luis Mendilibar.

Orta said: "He has not lied about anything about how his work development was going to be, his day to day life, his training method, the analysis of the rival, the game proposal... coincides with what he told us when we interviewed him.

"Lately we have found good moments of play and against Mallorca we were a team that wanted to be the protagonist, that could have won and didn't achieve it. I don't feel disappointed. What makes us all feel bad are the results, him the first, and that work has to come back to us with a good result."

Asked if he was afraid of having to fire the coach, Orta also said: I fear it because I don't invent something that has been in the football bible for so long. You can't be in the profession just for the beautiful. It's hard, but the results are what mark everything. How many defeats can you believe?

"It depends on how those defeats can come, with what image... There is nothing mathematical. I want to cling to the optimism of ending this bad streak, because neither the bad nor the good last forever. With an emotional boost we can function because I see it in everyday life and in the players."