Manuel Pellegrinicoach of Real Betisappeared this Friday at the press conference prior to the matchday 14 clash of LaLiga 24-25 against Valencia in Mestalla in the return of the competition after the break in November and that will be very emotional because it will be the first match that Rubén Baraja’s team will play after the tragedy of the DANA from the end of October. The Chilean coach has assessed that “I see the group well, the players are fine, those who have stayed here have trained normally and the selected ones have gone with their national teams. but I see the team well, with “I want to play a very good game if we want to score.”
Asked about the plague of injuriesmainly in the midfieldPellegrini commented that “I don’t think the system is important, but the performance of the players is. We have always played with two forwards, one more open and the other more closed on the inside. We have many casualties in the center of the field and the important thing is the players who are there, we are not looking for that excusewe must go look for the games, also with the reserve team players who are doing very well, Guirao and Mateo. But as I always say, the important ones are the ones who are there because they are the ones who are going to be on the field.”
Speaking of the extra motivation What Valencia can have for the catastrophe happened a little less than a month ago, the green and white coach said that “they haven’t played for a month and it’s bad, they don’t have a competitive rhythm. But they also recover players. We can’t believe we’re going to win because they haven’t played for a month.. It is true that they have a complicated situation, not only because of the tragedy that has happened there and about which we are all very worried, but also in terms of sports, because they are last. These are situations that we value as a whole. Is Betis a favorite? Soccer is the most popular activity in the world because you don’t know what can happen the next game. All the games are different, the performances and the circumstances, too. Osasuna had just beaten Barcelona by four goals and we went there and won. That’s why football is what it is. We have to try to overcome a difficult rival and show greater demands.”.
Questioned about how he is Lo CelsoPellegrini appreciated that “is to be citedplayed perhaps more than we expected in the last game due to Johnny Cardoso’s injury, then he played for a while with Argentina and tomorrow We’ll see how much it is for.”
About the youth playersthe Chilean coach warned that “some 17 players from the reserve team have played in the first team since I arrived. They grow and you see their development and see their possible participation with the first team. They are forming and that final stage of training We are very much on top of them. Furthermore, I am happy for the good moment of the reserve team, as it is always important that the team offers a good level to contribute what we believe is appropriate in the first team. It is not a different situation, but they are in their last stage of training and we are very attentive.”
Finally, explaining the issue of economic realityabout which the Santiago coach talks so much, and the plague of casualties in the center of the fieldPellegrini commented that “we hope to reach January to be able to strengthen ourselves. We want to be in force at the end of December in the Conference and Cup competitions and in LaLiga to continue in the fight for European places. The winter market? As I always say, to bring a new name, if it is not to bring important reinforcement, no one will come. But an evaluation will be made when the time comes. For now, we continue with the squad we have at the moment,” concluded the green and white coach.
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