Football Soccer - Olympique Lyon v Sevilla - UEFA Champions League Group Stage - Group H – Stade de Lyon – Decines, France – 6/12/16 Sevilla's coach Jorge Sampaoli attends a media conference REUTERS/Robert Pratta
(Reuters) - Sevilla's devastating display to dispatch Malaga 4-1 on Saturday put them in their highest league position after 16 games for a decade and left little doubt that hiring coach Jorge Sampaoli to succeed serial winner Unai Emery was the right choice.
Emery left for Paris St Germain last summer, following three successive Europa League triumphs, and his new side's defeat at Guingamp on Saturday contrasted sharply with the whirlwind soccer his successor in Spain was offering up.
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