The goal goes from blessing to ‘brown’ for Manuel Pellegrini

The blessing stop two competitive goalkeepers and having alternated them throughout the season becomes, overnight, in a true ‘brown’ for Manuel Pellegrini. The coach’s decision, mistaken a posteriori, to change the goalkeeper for the derby puts him in a difficult position before the Cup match against Rayo, the most important of the campaign for Betis. Claudio Bravo, surprise in the ownership of Nervión after more than a month of absence due to injury, was not good in either of the two goals from Sevilla.

The normal thing if not half ailment or sanction is that Pellegrini hold for several games in a row their goalkeepersregardless of the competition played. So, a priori, Bravo should continue under the three sticks against Rayo Vallecano. But the coach risks his compatriot not having a good performance again and that this could cost him a place in the Cup final.

Because Rui Silva had maintained a more than remarkable tone During his last stretch of matches played between Europe and the League for more than he received two goals in Saint Petersburg and another two against Levante. In both stadiums, the Verdiblancos suffered harassment from their rival and the portuguese goalkeeper actually contributed decisively to keep wins, to stay in position Champions and to go to eighths in continental competition. In the return against russians, Rui Silva would end up with a clean sheet, in extremis for that goal that ended up being annulled via VAR.

The ball is in the court of the experienced Chilean coach, who has total confidence in Claudius, a goalkeeper whose contract ends in June but for whom he has requested renewal despite his almost 39 years and the many lmuscle injuries of these two years in Heliopolis. Removing him from the goal in the cup round could mean pointing him out. keep you, a risk if the things They do not come out as everyone expects against the red-and-red team.