The Betis coach, the Chilean Manuel Pellegrini, This Friday he was happy with his team’s victory against Leganés (2-0) at Benito Villamarín, although he regretted the injury to Portuguese midfielder William Carvalho in the first half because “it looked bad.”
“We’ll see what the doctor says, but William himself said he felt a pull on his Achilles tendon. I hope not, but the first impression could be that,” said the Chile coach, who predicted it could be a long recovery.
Regarding the victory, Betis’ first in the current league championship, he said that “There were two parties”, one “in the first thirty minutes” where they “struggled to create chances against a Leganés team with good players.”
“We didn’t press with the intensity we needed, the fifteen days of break is remarkablebut we improved in the last fifteen minutes -in the first half-, but not creating chances,” said the South American coach.
“In the second half we played a complete game, both in terms of chances and defensive security. We did not suffer and we focused a lot against a team that was not conducive to win three points. “We overcame a tough opponent,” he stressed.
Regarding the importance of the changes he made in the second half to beat Pepinero’s team, he justified that “The right sector was not working very well and Héctor (Bellerín) and (Gio) Lo Celso came in well, as well as Vitor Roque.”
He also referred to Sergi Altimira, who replaced the injured William Carvlaho in the first half, and said he “played a great game.”
“We started with the best team we thought, but the five who entered were very good, they were the reason for the victory. We were more aggressive and with more arrivals at the rival goal,” he insisted.
Source: La Verdad
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