MADRID, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Saturday was a miserable day for the Sevilla first team squad who was beaten by a rival that played half of the match with a player less and were then unable to return to their homes after what the club from the south of Spain described as a "violent attack," by its own supporters.
Sevilla lost 3-2 away to Celta Vigo on Saturday, even though Celta had defender Marcos Alonso sent off for committing the penalty that allowed Nemanja Gudelj to make the score 1-1.
Despite playing against 10 men in the second half, Sevilla was unable to stop Oscar Mingueza and Borja Iglesias putting Celta 3-1 ahead before Isaac Romero netted a 98th minute goal that was scant consolation.
The defeat means Sevilla has not won in eight games and remains in danger of relegation, with a vital game at home to fellow strugglers, Las Palmas on Tuesday, before ending the season with difficult matches against Real Madrid and Villarreal.
The lack of fight shown in Saturday's defeat infuriated a sector of Sevilla's most radical fans who went to the club's Jose Ramon Cisneros Palacios training ground to protest after the players returned from Vigo.
Videos posted on social media show some supporters lighting flares and chanting insults at the team, while other attempted to force open the gates to the complex.
That meant the players and coaching staff were unable to return to their respective homes for security reasons and forced to spend the night without seeing their families.
The club strongly condemned events insisting it would use the images to do "everything" possible to "assist in the pursuit of the perpetrators of these crimes" and would "act relentlessly in the event that they are Sevilla FC fans".
The club admitted events on the pitch were poor but insisted that "under no circumstances will they (protests) be tolerated if they are accompanied by aggression, threats, or acts of vandalism."
The club must now worry about what protests could happen on Tuesday especially if the team fails to win. ■
