Manuel Pellegrini He became this Saturday the first coach in history to classify two consecutive seasons in Real Betis for competitions in Europe, due to the current 2021/22, when finishing 6th in the previous, he participated in European Leaguea place that is safe for the next campaign in 2022/23, unless it is swapped into the higher category, as there are still five games to reach one of the top four positions in the league and access Championsas he did in 2005 when he won his last King’s Cup from the hand of Lorenzo Serra Ferrer.
This is the second time Real Betis He was able to qualify for two consecutive campaigns for European competitions, something he only achieved in 1997 and 1998, although he did so before with two different coaches at the helm, lorenzo serra Y Luis Aragones.
In 1997 the Calves qualified to play extinct European Cup Winners Cupafter beating the Cup final in extra time against FC Barcelona (2-3) and finished fourth in the League, tying in points with third, Dépor, although only the first two went to the Champions League and those were the Real Madrid and FC Barcelonawith 15 and 13 points more than the Galicians and Betis, who tied at 77 in a League of 22 teams and 41 games.
In 1998 the Verdiblanco team repeated the European classification despite finishing 8th in LaLiga, four points behind 3rd, as they battled for the positions of Champions from the hand of Luis Aragoneseven the defeats in the last two games against Racing at Real Madrid they left him at the expense of the meringues that won the European Cup five days later to access the UEFA Cup, the last they did when the madridistas won the ‘Seventh’ in Juventus (0-1, Mijatovic), 32 years after winning ‘Sexta’ in 1966.
First foreign coach to bring Betis to Europe
Manuel Pellegrinitherefore, was the first coach in the history of Real Betis who qualified the team to play twice in a row in Europe. Since last year, he has been the first non-Spanish national to achieve this, as they did then: in 1964, Balmanya Sunday; in 1977, Rafael Iriondo; in 1982, Pedro Buenaventura; in 1984, Pepe Alzate; in 1995, 1997 and 2005, Lorenzo Serra; in 1998, Luis Aragonés; in 2002, Juande Ramos; in 2013, Pepe Mel and in 2018, Quique Setien.
Manuel Pellegrini became the first Chilean coach on Saturday to win the Spanish Cup and the second oldest to achieve it, with 68 years, since only the Argentine Helen Herrera he achieved this at an older age, by winning the FC Barcelona ang King’s Cup of 1981, with 71 years.
This is the first final I played Manuel Pellegrini in its eleventh season in Spain and the first title he won, after 531 games and managed Villarreal, Real Madrid and Malaga before Real Betis. In the yellow team he won the Intertoto Cup, a minor pre-season tournament that rewarded three teams with access to UEFA Cupso there are three champions every summer.
Source: La Verdad
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