He Betis coach, Manuel Pellegrinihas highlighted the importance of this Thursday’s clash against the Copenhagen at the Conference in which the green and white need to add three after the setback on the first day in Warsaw. «It is very important to qualify, and if it is among the top eight, the better. For that there are six games and you have to score as many points as possible. After losing in the first duel, it is mandatory to win now, but it will not be an easy match,” anticipated the Chilean.
«You have to maintain regularity. I didn’t like the Poland duel, the derby thing is more debatable. Maybe we were overconfident in Warsaw, it’s always difficult to win. We must improve one more point and get closer to the goal of qualifying,” added the coach, remembering that the first defeat against Legia forces us not to fail this Thursday in Villamarín.
About your game system and tipsPellegrini details that «Bakambu is associated a lot backwards, it has other characteristics to Chimy or Vitor Roque. We were missing a goal, we didn’t have creative players at that time… There are variants, but the key is the player’s performance. “Thursday games are always linked to Sunday, which is the League.”
A Pellegrini who, for the umpteenth time and in the face of criticism about the project, He has raised Betis again: «In all moments, both good and bad, I am the least important. It all depends on the performance of the players. I always believe in the idea because it is not a problem of conviction. You know when a team is in a bad moment or going through a worse moment. But we lost 1-0 with a corner (Warsaw) and then 1-0 with a penalty (in the derby). They are different ways to lose, but I always saw the whole team. The way things are is, if Vitor Roque scores in the derby it would perhaps change the game. But criticism is always welcome.
And what he doesn’t want to see even remotely is any kind of overconfidence with the rival: «It is very difficult to find explanations in football. Like yesterday in the Champions League match in which they are 0-2 and suddenly the other team scores five goals (Real Madrid over Borussia Dortmund). Perhaps that same overconfidence made us think that with less effort we could win the games. We didn’t even make it to that game in Poland, that should give us experience. You have to show on the field. Copenhagen is a great team, we cannot repeat that attitudeit was criticizable and I told the players so. If it is repeated we will not qualify.”
Regarding the lowering of Lo Celsosaid that “it is a muscle injury and the progression will be seen. There are several games and a break, maybe after that break it can be almost ready. Marc Roca “He has a sprained ankle, I hope he recovers from it before Lo Celso.”
The technician also had words to Pablo Fornals: «Performance makes the difference in each player. He has the experience, I don’t think it matters if he plays on the right or the left. “He regained precision in his passes, he is capable of performing, he gave us a leap in quality in a sector in which we had a need.”
Finally, he referred to the summons of the youth players Mateo Flores and Jesús Rodríguez: «They will be on the party’s squad list. We’ll see if they play or not. These two have already been integrated with us since preseason. Then it depends on their performance, but they will be with us these days,” he concluded.
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