The confrontations between Real Betis and Athletic Club, or in this case between the Biscayans and the Heliopolitans because the Basques will be the home team in tonight’s clash (9 p.m., DAZN), always have historical overtones. In fact, the rojiblanco team, between LaLiga and the Copa del Rey, is the fifth team that the verdiblancos have faced the most times in their entire history, a total of 137 occasions. But today’s duel has special and different incentives. And San Mamés, a stadium known, despite its latest remodeling, as the ‘Cathedral’ of Spanish football, will witness today the match in which the winner will occupy one of the four places that will lead to playing in the Champions League next season. League. After the postponement of Villarreal – Rayo due to DANA that has affected, in most devastating effects, the Valencian Community, if Atlético de Madrid loses its 2:00 p.m. match against Las Palmas, the winner of the match between athleticzales and beticos It will be third in LaLiga, only behind Barcelona and Real Madrid. Yes, it is very soon. Only the twelfth day. But as far as Manuel Pellegrini’s team is concerned, after a league start in which important points went to limbo against Girona, Alavés, Mallorca and Las Palmas, seeing themselves in the highest positions in the qualifying table would mean a authentic support for the improvement experienced in Betis’ game against Osasuna and confirmed in the duel a week ago at the Benito Villamarín against Cholo Simeone’s pupils (despite the bad European match played in the middle against Copenhagen). After the six of six against the Navarrese and the Madrid red and whites, they have found, between the Chilean coach and the group of footballers that make up the Betic squad who are healthy in these weeks, the formula to win. There are casualties, yes. Of important players, too. But those who are fit have shown in these two games a step forward, with advanced pressure and defensive security that make Betis, along with Mallorca, the second team with the fewest goals scored among those that make up the noble zone of the league classification (both have conceded nine goals, while Atlético has conceded seven). In addition, several players have also offered an improvement in their individual performance. Isco, Lo Celso, William Carvalho, Marc Roca and Aitor Ruibal are not there. But others like Rui Silva, Bartra, Johnny Cardoso, Altimira, Fornals, Vitor Roque or Chimy Ávila himself, have also taken a step forward so that the performance of the team as a whole has also grown. It is no less true that, as they say, Betis was not so bad before, after the defeats against Legia and Sevilla, nor is it so good now, after two consecutive victories in LaLiga. But the team’s ability to improve is beyond any doubt. In some games, like against the rojiblancos, things will go better, and in others things will go worse. But the Heliopolitan team very rarely loses its face in the matches and always competes. As the path has already been shown, now it must continue like this. Possible Athletic Club alignments: Agirrezabala; De Marcos, Vivian, Paredes, Yuri; De Galarreta, Jauregizar, Sancet; Iñaki Williams, Nico Williams and Guruzeta. Real Betis: Rui Silva; Sabaly, Diego Llorente, Bartra, Perraud; Fornals, Johnny Cardoso, Altimira, Abde; Chimy Ávila and Vitor Roque. Referee: Alberola Rojas (Castilian-La Mancha Committee). Time, stadium and television: 9:00 p.m. San Mamés. DAZN.To try to win in San Mamés, Pellegrini has recovered Bellerín. The Catalan was absent against Atlético and Gévora in the Cup due to muscle overload. The eleven, with the entry of Sabaly for Aitor, should not be very different from the one that started against the Madrid team.
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