The Real Betis going this Saturday to Cornell will measure in RCD Espanyol with at least four safe casualties, as Manuel Pellegrini cannot count on the services of the injured Fekir, Juanmi and Juan Cruz, as well as the suspended Luiz Felipe, while he maintains doubts about the goalkeeper which are Rui Silva and Joaquín and are pending. the physical state of most of their players after they played two overtimes in a week and two penalty shootouts, both losing against FC Barcelona in the Super Cup and against Osasuna in the Cup on Wednesday.
“Now we have to try to find victory in the League on Saturday against Espanyol, with less than 72 hours of rest, and we will do it with people who are in the best physical and mental condition. There are many footballers who have played a hundred and twenty minutes in two days. We will see who has recovered more from a physical point of view. We will see which one is more ready to try to play a good role”, said Pellegrini on Thursday morning, after the elimination against Osasuna .
Fekir suffered a small calf strain in Riyadh against Barça, while Juanmi and Juan Cruz have discomfort in the ankle and in the semitendinosus of the hamstrings, which were injured a few months ago, injuries that they have not fully recovered from. which is able to recover, despite the fact that Juanmi has been in four games. Juan Cruz will not train with the group again until Monday, while Juanmi, who went to Vitoria on Wednesday to see the doctor who operated on his ankle, Pellegrini explained that “he is doing some tests . We’ll see how many days he has. He has to be out of the team. They’ll do some tests and we’ll see when he can come back. We’re missing five or six players for various physical reasons, but that’s not the reason .”
For the clash against Espanyol, Pellegrini has recovered Guardado and this Thursday he will assess the physical condition of the rest of the team with doctors. Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo and Luiz Felipe, absent from Cornellá due to suspension, were the only ones who played the entire last 240 minutes -including discounts and penalties-, although players like Miranda (120+97), Guido Rodríguez (86). +120 ) or Luiz Henrique (120+77) over 200 with discounts.
Source: La Verdad
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