Pellegrini: “I have seen this film from the other side”

Manuel Pellegrini recognized the superiority of Athletic and accepted the point scored by his players, indicating that what happened this Sunday in San Mamés “is a movie that I have seen several times from the other side”, referring to the fact that “Real Betis “ He also missed a few games this season where he was superior and created many scoring opportunities.”

“We’ve seen this movie from the other side,” Pellegrini said after the game; In the first half they were much superior and created many chances for us. To our detriment, I have to say that playing on a Thursday and coming home at three in the morning is something that always hurts, while they had a clean week and went into the game with great intensity, so I appreciate the point very much and I have already said that I have seen this film several times on our side.”

Pellegrini criticized his team’s start to the game: “In the first half we didn’t find the ball, they didn’t let us get away. Then with the entry of Iker Losada and with Pablo Fornals in the center we were able to go further and Assane also entered the game well. The second half was more balanced, we had chances and we gave a good image, but the first half was very difficult.

Pellegrini’s talk at half-time was very simple, according to the Betic coach: “The instructions I gave the players today were very simple: I told them to do everything differently from what we do, because we do what all wrong. And I think we went into the second well and gave a good performance, so I really appreciate the point achieved against an opponent who created a lot of chances, as it happened to us on other occasions.

Pablo Fornals, author of the 0-1 victory at Betis, celebrated it emotionally, remembering the victims of Valencia: ”Pablo Fornals is from there and felt it especially, even though this tragedy affected to all of us. If the game is not suspended, I told the players that we should work together somehow. It was terrible.”