Sevilla have confirmed, via a statement on their official website, that head coach Eduardo Berizzo has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Reports started to emerge following the club's remarkable 3-3 draw with Liverpool on Tuesday that the 48-year-old was ill, with Spanish media stating that the players first learned of his trouble when he spoke to them at half-time during that match - at which point they trailed 3-0.
"We had to come out with a different attitude for the fans and for the boss, he made us play like that," Ever Banega said following the match, in which Wissam Ben Yedder scored twice before Guido Pizarro's late equaliser.