The Chilean goalkeeper and the Argentine defender end the match against Aris Limassol with physical problems three days before they play in Nervión.
With a team full of rotations – probably thinking about next Sunday’s Big Derby against Sevilla – Manuel Pellegrini’s Betis played in the Europa League on Thursday and did so by hosting Aris Limassol from Cyprus. When the day seemed to end without any problems, with Betis winning 3-0 at the Villamarín, problems arose for the green and white team in the run-up to the Big Derby.
And Claudio Bravo and Germán Pezzella have sounded the alarm at Betis before the derby with the Seville team: the Chilean goalkeeper and the Argentine defender finished the match against Aris Limassol with physical discomfort three days before playing in Nervión.
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First it was Pezzella. In the ’84 match, in which Betis won by three goals, Enrique Fernández had to replace the Argentina international, who feltHe was bothered by it and left the field on his own. In the next action, the Cypriot team scored 1-3.
Three minutes later there was another bad news for Betis. After making a save, Claudio Bravo hurt the back of his left thigh. Betis no longer had any substitutions, so Bravo continued to take the field, albeit not in the best conditions.
Rui Silva is injured and will not return until after the international break. In this sense, if Bravo could not play against Sevilla, which seems quite likely given the way the Chilean finished the match and the gestures he made, Pellegrini will have to turn to the reserve team goalkeeper, Fran Vieites, to play the basics. Big Derby.
Source: Goal
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