He Betis has achieved a hard-fought victory in El Sadar (1-2). A balm for the green and white team that was affected after a chain of two defeats on their trip to Warsaw and in the Seville derby. With these three points, the Verdiblancos continue on the good path of competing for European positions. After the match, Pellegrini assessed the work of his men and analyzed the match at a press conference: «Very positive assessment because we got three points on a field that is not easy. They were undefeated this season in their stronghold and came with a lot of confidence. We played an intermittent but quite complete game, with better and worse moments. The first 30 minutes were very good, with two very clear opportunities in addition to the goal. Then they put us in the area. In the second half, the first fifteen were theirs. Then we regained control and scored a goal from a set piece. “A very disputed match that became tangled and complicated.”
In addition, the Chilean has also assessed his team’s response after the blow received two weeks ago: «I said that we came from two difficult defeats, but they were two 1-0 on the road, and from a corner and a penalty. The team had dropped a bit but I felt that we were not in crisis or lacking confidence. Winning today was very important to climb the table And I think that, despite the casualties, we did not stop giving back to those who were missing, but rather those who were there responded in a very difficult situation against a good team.”
For Pellegrini, the The key to the duel was the “pressure at the start”: «They mix, they go long but they also try to play from behind. We press and recover in the opposite field. Vitor Roque’s injury prevented us from doing so in those fifteen minutes and more came, but the initial pressure is what we had been doing in other games. “We recovered it and that is a very important factor.”
Natan’s expulsion
Of course, the match ended with two more players injured. So much Vitor Roque as Johnny Cardoso They had to leave the field due to discomfort, but the Betic coach has ruled out anything serious: “Vitor felt a contracture in both calves. They got on them and I couldn’t keep running. We held out until halftime to avoid spending a change. That’s why Osasuna put us in our goal. “It’s a fatigue problem.” Regarding the American, he explained that “he suffered that blow, he had a headache, but then it came out and I don’t think it was anything serious. “He arrived at the locker room well and we’ll see about it during the week.”
Questioned by the Natan’s expulsionPellegrini regretted not being able to have him for the next matchday: «What happened with Natan was an action in the middle of the field that the referee considered to be an expulsion and we were left with one less. We will not have it for the next game against Atlético de Madrid. “They are specific actions that occur and I am very sorry that it happened.”
Furthermore, he has admitted that the replacement of Abde It has been a technical decision to avoid injuries: «Those who go to national teams accumulate minutes. We have to play Thursday and Sunday, there are many injured… It’s good to be measured. We did it with Lo Celso in the Conference League. “It was risky to put him in as a starter.”
To conclude, Pellegrini celebrated the both from Chimy Ávila: «It is important for forwards to score goals, he was attentive to that rebound. He was not able to train normally in recent days and must settle into the game a little more. Hopefully this will give him confidence and he will maintain high performance.”
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