Key week for Real Betis and their ambitions for the Europa League. Almost all or nothing. And the best thing for Pellegrini’s is that they have it in their hands. Closing the day has these things, that the accounts can be made much clearer to see what the rivals have done, and as the battle for Europe remains so open, everything has been there.
Girona’s draw and Athletic’s defeat will allow the Verdiblancos to keep their buffer, in case they don’t get anything positive tonight, or extend to take a first golden step to close out the European place. But these two punctures have made it possible for Osasuna and Sevilla to also submit their candidacy.
If they win tonight they will add seven points away from Girona and eight against Athletic, Sevilla and Osasuna. Plus, it would rule out another rival wanting to join that fight. And it is that the rayista team has 46 units, and if they win they would add more than all previous clubs and position themselves as the direct pursuer of the béticos with 49, just three points away. Everything or nothing. Comfort and confidence, against nerves and pressure. Hence the importance of the three battle points tonight.
If the victory stayed in Heliopolis, the Betic team would have the derby left to practically end the battle for the Europa League. Also another vital party, numerically but logically equally important more sentimental. If Betis manages to win at Pizjuán, and even assuming that the rest of the opponents, with the logical exception of the eternal rival, managed to win, something complicated given the clashes, Real Betis would keep their distance of seven points and only nine would. remain under discussion, the leap would be huge.
But if the results are good (the matches are: Girona – Villarreal; Athletic – Celta; Atlético de Madrid – Osasuna), Pellegrini’s men could celebrate sixth place mathematically and in the field of their eternal rival. Even if it doesn’t happen, a win for Girona over Villarreal could benefit the Verdiblanco team that if they beat Sevilla they could finish fifth. Despite all this, Betis faces two decisive steps to make the jump to the Europa League.
Source: Goal
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