Betis faces the visit against Levante with the confidence of having taken an important step to hunt for a place in the Copa del Rey final and with the feeling of having plenty of arguments to go to any stage. His numbers make it clear: He adds the same points at home as as a visitor in the League and his punch away from home is relentless. He found the rival goal in his last eleven outings and in them he scored 30 goals. He scored ten of them in his last three games outside of Heliopolis, against Espanyol, Real Sociedad and Rayo Vallecano. Pellegrini smiles at the punch reflected by his team outside his fiefdom and also at the performance of his offensive tricks: 29 goals signed between Juanmi and Borja Iglesias in all competitions.
The Verdiblanco team faces the match against Levante with some doubts in their eleven due to the sum of absences in his last training sessions, but he has in his hands the renewed confidence of finding himself with a certain air in the pursuit of his goals. Pellegrini does not want to miss out on opportunities in none of the three scenarios in which he has his team present and therefore he intends that the response of his squad be total. Some like Rodri, Lainez, Tello or Guardado proved to be able to enter the fray and have more weight in the coach’s plans, while the defenders also found full minutes of play. A whole show of commitment that delivers more letters to the technician, aware of the qualitative leap that his squad took since last year and that is reflected in each match. Out of Villamarín again, he now intends to recover what was lost at home against Villarreal.
Those devastating numbers away from home reflect the power of the Betis team when it comes to insisting on their idea of playing on the pitch. Pellegrini wants his players to focus on every matchup, whether it’s at home or away. With a demanding schedule ahead, there is hope in Heliopolis that this remarkable version will not stay here. The visit to Levante also leaves a glimpse of the recent past. Betis fell last season 4-3 in Orriols with a threat of reaction that was not consolidated but that began a leap in quality in the team until finding the desired ticket to Europe in the following months. Now, Pellegrini’s team wants this renewed demand to become normal.