Pellegrini did not reveal whether Claudio Bravo is “one hundred percent or not”

The Betis coach, the Chilean Manuel Pellegrini, said this Wednesday that his countryman and goalkeeper Claudio Bravo “He is on the list” for the first time so far this season and, therefore, “is in condition to play”, although he has to “wait until tomorrow to know if he is one hundred percent or not.”

Bravo’s presence is important because of the injury that happened on Saturday in the Barcelona field to the Portuguese goalkeeper. Rui Silva, which “may be after the upcoming FIFA break”, although Pellegrini highlighted, in the press appearance on Ibrox Park the figure of the reserve team footballer Fran Vieites, “a very young goalkeeper” in whom he has “a lot of confidence.”

Before the training session he led in the match on Thursday, the coach of Santiago described the British team as a “very strong rival at home”, Therefore, “scoring here will be very important” because “Scottish football is very intense” because the players “always give one hundred percent.”

The Verdiblancos coach said that “in theory, maybe” the two best in the group will face each other on this first day, but then we have to prove it in practice, because “Sparta and Aris will not be easy. There are no easy games in this group stage,” he stressed.

Manuel Pellegrini denied there was a “thorn in the side of this tournament”, where “two years ago” was “eliminated by the champion – Eintracht Framkfurt – in the 120th minute and last year, by Manchester United after a very close match”, although it ended with a result of 4-1.

The Andean coach trusted in the ability of his men to accumulate efforts, because “they are ready to play Thursday and Sunday. “It is clear that there are free chips and the conditionsbut the group is ready to compete,” he said, although he warned that “injury problems” would arise “throughout the campaign.”