After their defeat this Saturday against Real Valladolid – bottom at the time – the Real Betis He finished the first round with 25 points (three away from seventh place), which was the worst mark in a league championship round of the nine he had completed since the arrival of Manuel Pellegrini on the bench, so the green and white team will have to improve significantly in the second to repeat the European qualification for the fifth consecutive season under the command of the Chilean coach.
Since Manuel Pellegrini arrived on the Real Betis bench, the worst return was the first of the 2020/21 season, his debut, where he added only 26 points – one more than today -, although in the second he recovered and He added 35 for a total of 61 which enabled him to finish sixth and qualify for the Europa League. Betis lost only two League games in that second round, while in the first round they conceded nine defeats. In the Cup they fell in the quarterfinals on penalties against Athletic and did not compete in European competition.
In 2021/22, Betis looked like a shot in LaLiga from the start, adding 36 points in the first 19 games and making it through the Europa League group stage without too many problems after adding seven points in the first three game. They then crashed out in the round of 16 in last-gasp extra time against Eintracht and were proclaimed Copa del Rey champions before finishing LaLIga fifth with 65 points, in what has been the best campaign so far under the Chilean. .
Bad numbers in the 23-24 campaign
In the 2022/23 and 2023/24 campaigns, Betis almost matched the numbers in the first and second rounds, always hovering around 30 points, earning them repeated European qualification in both rounds. case. In 2022/23 they had a clean group stage in the Europa League, then lost in the first round against Manchester United, while in the Cup they lost in the round of 16 against Osasuna on penalties. Betis finished 7th in 2023/24 without reaching 60 points for the first time in the Pellegrini era (they added 57), their time in the Europa League and then the Conference (they lost in the playoff for -access to the round of 16 with Dinamo Zagreb ) was very difficult and in the Cup they lost to Alavés in the round of 32.
This season Betis was left with 25 points in the first round, on Wednesday they will play for a place in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey against Barcelona in Montjuic and in February they will play against Gent in the playoff for access in the round of 16 of the Conference, where, if they win it, they can face Chelsea for their very poor performance in the league stage, where they finished 15th out of 36 teams when they were one of three or four main favorites.
Points added in 1st round, 2nd round and total with Pellegrini
20/21: 26+35= 61
21/22: 36+29= 65
22/23: 31+29= 60
23/24: 28+29= 57
24/25: 25+?
Source: La Verdad
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