Manolo Nieto analyzes the hours ahead of Pellegrini’s team’s debut in LaLiga 2023-24.
By Manolo Nieto
A bit atypical and I miss the hours before the league premiere that Real Betis is experiencing. Since the start of the market, it has been on the agenda of the leaders of Verdiblancos to avoid problems with registrations, but they have not been able to avoid problems again. Ángel Haro stated this week that Pellegrini needed help in that section. “The coach must prepare the game and a player cannot register too late on Saturday,” said the chairman. But the reality is that Isco was registered last night and this morning the registrations of Ayoze and Marc Roca have been formalized, as Bellerín, Bartra and Altimira have remained in Seville.
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Betis face a tough game this afternoon against a direct rival, with a complicated start to the calendar, if you look more to the horizon, and with a team that needs a few things according to the coach. Pellegrini is not inclined to cause trouble and he did not do so in the press room yesterday, but he did make it clear (crystalline) that the side needs a little more to be “competitive”. “We didn’t replace Canales and Joaquín, two great players. Isco comes a little bit to replace Fekir. The team needs to be adjusted to be a competitive team, we need to bring in more players,” said Pellegrini.
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Circumstances that go along with the regular sensations the team has put out in the preseason. Far from the results, the image shown was not the desired one. Although during the Chilean’s journey for the Verdiblanco bench, the pre-seasons were not a reflection of what was seen in the championship next.
Villarreal also does not arrive in optimal shape for this competition start. Like the veriblancos, the yellow team feels the need to clear up the many doubts that arose during the pre-season. Excursions that raise questions like those of key players such as Pau, Chukwueze, Jackson or Lo Celso, for a team that wants to be in Europe.
Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias is chosen to lead the confrontation, with Valentín Pizarro Gómez, also from Madrid, in the VAR. The referee is not without controversy in the verdiblanco environment. Ortiz Arias already gave food for talk in Betis’ last game in Villarreal who also whistled. The referee did not send Gerard Moreno off for nailing the studs into Miranda’s shin.
Source: Goal