The coach of Betis, the Chilean Manuel Pellegrini highlighted after the 0-1 achieved this Thursday in the Bulgarian Ludogorets field, which assured the team its direct passage to the round of 16 of the Europa League with one day left to finish the group stage, that “it is good to be classified , homework before hosting Helsinki. That helps prevent further damage.”
The Verdiblancos coach admitted that his team did not have the “necessary intensity in the first half”, although “the conclusion is to take first place” in the group.
Pellegrini emphasized that Ludogorets is “a difficult opponent” where it is necessary to “change the attitude in the second half”, because the “bad first half” given by Betis “is not usual”, although he replied that ” the same influenced that the tie is worth” to guarantee the first place.
“We talked about it during the break. We beat them in the second half and scored the goal that allowed us to qualify as first and score thirteen points out of a possible fifteen,” added the Santiago coach at the press conference after the match. .
Pellegrini He admitted that he released left-back Juan Miranda because the rival had “done a lot of the year in that side”, and pointed out that “Sunday’s game against a good and dangerous team like Real Sociedad” did not influence his preparation for it. against. , in reference to the date they will have in LaLiga in the field of the Gipuzkoan team.
The Betis coach, on the other hand, emphasized the “detail” of the Sevillian club by paying tribute to the former player with the captain’s armband. Tryphon Ivanov, who passed away in 2016, because “after having a Bulgarian player in the team, it was nice to try to maintain a level of friendship” with the fans during Betis’ first visit to Bulgaria.
Source: La Verdad
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