BARCELONA, 3 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Real Betis coach, Mauel Pellegrini, assured that they are above Barça in the table but that they will be “very wrong” if they think they are better, so he wants to see his players following the game plan at the Camp Nou and , yes, not be “afraid” of the new team trained by Xavi Hernández.
“We measure ourselves against a very large team, with some extra-sporting and economic problem, but if we think that we are better than Barça we will be very wrong. But the word fear is neither used nor felt normally. We try to win in all fields,” he said. at a press conference.
Pellegrini reiterated that he does not consider Betis to be a “better team” than Barcelona. “I think we are better positioned right now, but they also have one game less. I always say that we try to be ambitious and have a winning mentality but we must not distort reality and Barça is powerful,” he stressed.
“It is an answer that we already know, we have always seen Betis play in the same way inside or outside. We are not going to change the idea, we will adjust tactical aspects but we are not going to change our style and we are going to go out in Barcelona to win,” he added. , in this sense, about what the objective is.
Asked about Xavi’s Barça, he pointed out that he has produced “very good results.” “He has won more even games than the scoreboard seemed like that of Villarreal. I think there is an effect, but the previous Barça also played good games, it is difficult to compare technicians because there are circumstances that are changing,” he said in reference to whether he improves to Koeman’s Barça.
“Without touching Xavi’s name, I think that having been a player helps a lot to be a coach for hours in the dressing room. Then it depends on the intelligence of each one, but Xavi cannot be compared to Guardiola or anyone else. Xavi has all the conditions to be a great coach, “he said.
In any case, he made it clear that “it is neither more difficult nor easier” to beat this Barça. “It is to beat Barcelona in their field, they continue to have great players. Perhaps they are immersed in a more extra-sporting situation, in an expectant position in the table. But it is a great team but without Messi, a disadvantage for them,” he said.
“We have a good campaign away from home, indoors as well, but those points escaped us against RCD Espanyol and against Real Madrid we also had bad fortune. But in general the campaign is regular,” he celebrated on the dynamics of his team.