Pellegrini’s Betis always won their first European game at home

10/24/2024

Updated at 2:16 p.m.

With Manuel Pellegrini as coach of Betis The green and white team has managed to qualify for the first time in its history four consecutive times to compete in European competition. On the first three occasions he obtained a direct ticket for the Europa League and last year it was Conference League the competition for which you obtained the pass. After falling in this tournament in the first game of the new league phase against Legia de Warsaw in the Polish capital, Betis now seeks to beat Copenhagen at the Benito Villamarín this Thursday. Since Pellegrini He is coach of Betis, his team always won its first home game of the season in European competition, luck that they hope to repeat this Thursday.

In the 21-22 season, Betis began the group stage defeating Celtic at the Benito Villamarín by 4-3 thanks to the goals of Miranda, Juanmi (twice) and Borja Iglesias. That Betis would end the European season by being eliminated in the round of 16 by Eintracht Frankfurt in extra time.

The following campaign, 22-23, would begin for European Betis at home with a new victory. This time it would be the Bulgarian Ludogorets the rival that Pellegrini’s team beat with a 3-2 in which Luiz Henrique, Joaquín and Canales were the authors of the goals. Before, the group stage had opened with a victory in Finland against Helsinki by 0-2. That season, Betis would be knocked out of the Europa League in the round of 16 after losing in both the first leg and the second leg against Manchester United.

Last season 23-24, Betis began the group stage, seeing themselves surpassed by Rangers in Glasgow (1-0), but managed to win their first home game against Sparta Prague 2-1 with goals from Assane Diao and Isco Alarcón. Pellegrini’s team on this occasion would not be able to overcome the group stage, they fell to the Conference League and were eliminated at the first opportunity by Dinamo Zagreb