He Real Betis come this Thursday at Zagreb with the aim of turning around the play-off tie to enter the round of 16 of Conference League which became complicated on Thursday at Benito Villamarinwhere the Croatians won (0-1) with a single goal scored by Bruno Petkovic from a penalty (75′) the only chance they had in the whole match.
The one in Pellegrini They did not play football well that day, although despite the many casualties they suffered in the clash, they showed that they have more resources and football potential than the Croatian team, which they had to beat on their territory of Maksimir Stadiumwhere all the tickets have been sold and no Spanish team, in the nine visits made throughout history, has managed to win more than one goal difference, which is what the Beticos need to advance to next round.
In Zagreb Villarreal, Sevilla, Real Madrid, Atlético and Valencia won, although they all did so by just one goal difference, a result that would have led to extra time for the green and white team after a 0-1 draw in the first leg . Sevilla and Villarreal lost on two other occasions and Barcelona and Atlético tied in the Fairs Cup in the early 1960s. The bets, despite 0-1 in the first leg, give Betis the favourite.
Manuel Pellegrini They arrived with enough troops to face the clash, as they had eleven absent -Isco, Guido, Ayoze, Bartra and Abner due to injury; Fornals, Chimy, Sokratis, Altimira and Sabaly for not registering; and Pezzella are suspended – and only thirteen field players from the first team to face Dinamo Zagreb in a hostile field and with an atmosphere that is assumed to be charged after what happened in recent days. The main novelty in the Betis eleven is the presence of Bakambu up front from the start, after making his debut on Sunday playing a few minutes against Alavés.
Robert Jarni, former player of Real Betis and Hajduk Split – Dinamo’s bitter rivals -, gave the Verdiblanco team a favorite before the first game in the tie and for this reason he was fired a few hours later by the Croatian Federation as an under-17 coach. on Tuesday, several Betis fans were attacked in Zagreb by Dinamo ultras with pepper spray and kicked. And the ultras of the local team are especially violent; in August they stabbed an AEK fan to death in Athens and that’s why UEFA banned them from accompanying the team on its travels.
Possible lineups
Dinamo Zagreb: Nevistic; Ristovski, Bernauer, Théophile Catherine, Perkovic; Bulat, Misic; Kaneko, Baturina, Hoxa and Petkovic
Real Betis: Rui Silva; Ruibal, Johnny, Chadi Riad, Miranda; William Carvalho, Marc Roca; Assane, Fekir, Abde; and Bakambu.
Referee: Urs Schnyder, with Fedayi Sanz on VAR, both Swiss.
stadium: Maksimir Stadion.
Time: 18.45 (Movistar Champions League)
Source: La Verdad
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