Manuel Pellegrini, coach of Betis, was delighted with the performance of his team, in the 0-0 draw against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu, because they were able to stand “and have, in his opinion, “the clearest chance.” .
“A positive balance of the match because we came with eleven less players to play against the champion in their field and the starting team was put in place. We stood by him and had the clearest chance,” he said in a press conference.
The Chilean coach assessed the first goal disallowed for his team due to Marc Roca’s previous offside.
“Regarding the goal, from what they say, he did not intervene to make Courtois make a mistake,” he said.
The match in which Chile goalkeeper Claudio Bravo was left out of his last call-up to Betis.
“Claudio did not play in this game because we wanted to see Fran -Vieites- in a game as important as this to make decisions for next season. “Claudio has had a lot of injuries this season, but in the locker room he has been a very important player,” he said.
A Pellegrini who made a positive assessment of the season.
“The overall balance is good because we qualified for Europe for the fourth year in a row. We would have liked to reach the Europa League, but the points must be achieved. “It was a complicated year in terms of injuries and financially, but it’s a good time,” he commented.
Furthermore, he hopes to have “the best possible squad” after four seasons in which “important players” had to leave for economic reasons, while at the same time he avoids the question of a possible departure of Nabil Fekir, hiding behind rumours.
“In recent weeks there have been rumors of 17 or 18 players who could leave or come in. “We all know Nabil’s quality and players like him are difficult to replace,” he noted.
On the other hand, he praised the figure of German Toni Kroos, who played his penultimate game as a professional footballer this Saturday.
“What did Kroos not contribute to the Spanish League? It’s a shame he didn’t continue because it would have made an important difference, but the League has lost a high-level player.”
Source: La Verdad
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