2024-09-29 19:54:01
Three very valuable points Betis took out against Espanyol thanks to another brilliant appearance by Lo Celso at a key moment. Pellegrini left happy with the victory and was satisfied with the way it was and the performance of his players: “Very happy for the three points, which is very important to access the upper middle area of the tabletwo points from the European region and the championship. We come from two unjustifiable football results; to lose at home to Mallorca and draw in Las Palmas. It is important to leave three points at home,” he stressed. “The collective performance made me very happy, both for the offensive part and for how they got to us a little bit. We pressed well and kept Espanyol in their place several times.“, just like the previous games were,” said the Engineer.
The goal took a long time to find, it took some time, but the Engineer is sure that it will end up happening: «He was very relieved even though minutes passed and he didn’t arrive. We are creating opportunities they did not arrive in the first half and had only one shot down in the second. The rest is our control with aggressive volume. We always have arrivals with different variations and sooner or later the goal has to be found. We missed the penalty, which would have changed the game because it would have forced them to leave. I like the development of the team, that they play the second half like the first.», analyzed the Chilean in detail to Movistar LaLiga.
However, he was not happy with the way the team chose the person who received the penalty and he insisted when asked about this issue in the press room: “There is little information. Lo Celso is the leader. He left it to Abde, but it’s a situation I’m sure he won’t repeat. I don’t like that Abde is called Lo Celso. There was a pitch change, but it would be the last time it happened. During the break we don’t even talk about it. He doesn’t want the team and Abde to fall apart. Lo Celso is wrong and Abde is wrong. The same thing happened to him against Real last season and the fans booed him off, but now he does with a well-deserved Ovation», he noted, thus reducing the possible conflict.
De Lo Celso, Verdiblanco MVP and top scorer, pointed out that “goals have won everything you do in the game. He is always asking for the ball and gives his teammates a chance.. To all this you have added the target money. He has adapted quickly and, personally, the players I have had Isco, Lo Celso, Riquelme or Cazorla They are the ones who have to take responsibility for the last record. “He is fully fit,” Pellegrini congratulated himself.
Fans are looking forward to seeing him play as well Iscoa very real possibility when the Malaga man returns from his injury. According to Pellegrini, there will be room for both of them in an offensive plan: «If they cannot play together, you cannot play football… Isco will miss an important moment. We have to play together, as we do, not depending on individuals. It’s not that we have Celso’s goal; It’s just that we have ten and Lo Celso put it. “We are good, we lost places but we are within the possible distance to be in the European positions, our goal,” the Chilean reiterated.
The conference, first; then the derby
Before the derby, on Sunday, October 6 against Sevilla in Nervión, there is a European match on Thursday and Pellegrini pays attention to the event: «The derby is very important, but we focus on the Conference. We have six league games to qualify for the top 24. It is important to score outside. When it’s over, we focus on the derby,” he said. Pellegrini gave his importance to the Conference and how to deal with it with the new format starting this season: «We are entering the second competition. It is very important to try to separate ourselves. We have to enter the top 24 to go straight to the round of 16. It is not like the league, where the points lost are not recovered. LaLiga is important, but we have to play a good game and add from the first day in the Conference. “On Friday we start to watch the derby.”
Pellegrini does not believe, by the way, that Betis shows fatigue at any time: «I saw a team that was able to press 86 minutes. I did not see where the fatigue could be. There are five additional changes. What we have noticed is the lack of precision in them accommodation», he said.
Asked again about the derby and his history in European competitions with Betis, he said this: “Last time in Europe we couldn’t go forward because we were weak in defense. We bring them with a middle back. We have the biggest ambition to qualify for Europe and go as far as possible. Eintracht, who later became a footballer, or Manchester United kicked us out. We will try to call it at the league level. It is the first goal and then let’s see how we can go in the finals. We will talk about the derby and statistics later. “We are focused on Thursday.”
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