Seville (Spain), Mar 18 (EFE).- The Real Betis coach, the Chilean Manuel Pellegrini, assured that “the options” of beating Mallorca this Sunday, at the Benito Villamarín, “go through not looking at what the rival did in previous matches”, since the islanders have not won away from home for four months.
At a press conference, Pellegrini warned this Saturday that “all games are complicated”, so it will also be the duel against a “Mallorca that defends with order, goes on the counterattack and has a dangerous aerial game”, in the that his coach, the Mexican Javier Aguirre, “is doing very well.”
The coach from Santiago recalled that his vermilion counterpart “has a long career in Spain” in which he has shown that it is “hard for his teams to score goals” because “they know how to play the game slowly”, for which he considered that Betis should “counteract it by being creative on the offensive end.
After the elimination of Betis last Thursday from the Europa League, Pellegrini appealed to “look at LaLiga”, in which he stressed that the team is “in an expectant position” that will help it to alleviate “the physical fatigue and psychological exhaustion ” that accumulates in these weeks, for which it will continue with its policy of “using the entire campus”.
For the Verdiblanco coach, “the merit of this team is the ambition to want to be at the top”, as he recalled that “Betis never managed to play in Europe for three consecutive years and that is what you have to look for starting tomorrow”, especially “trying not to miss more points at home”.
Manuel Pellegrini will not be able to count on any of his three Brazilian players for this match, since the left-back “Abner Vinicius has a minor injury” that will allow him to “return after the break”, while the winger Luiz Henrique will not play “for sanction” and the central defender Luiz Felipe Ramos will continue to be out due to a muscular ailment.
The Betic coach once again urged the replacement of Antonio Cordón, because “the figure of the sports director is always important”, but he understands “how difficult it is to find the right person”, so he does not see “a rush for someone to come now ; the club will be looking for”.