Manuel Pellegrini turned the rotations into an absolute normality in this Betis. The technician gave breaks and opportunities in equal parts and this week’s appointments once again show a clear scenario for it: The team travels to Scotland on Wednesday to face Celtic in Glasgow on Thursday in what will be the last round of the Europa League group stage. Everything is decided in the group. And Pellegrini is aware that the management of breaks is back in play. The club is playing economic benefits with one more hypothetical victory in Europe, but the clash against Real Sociedad next Sunday also appears with the privilege zone at stake in the face of the league aspirations of both teams.
Like the decisions made in previous weeks, some important players on the squad are pointing to a possible layoff. This is the case of Juanmi, who returned to see the goal against Barcelona and is going through a great moment of form. Others like Bartra, Álex Moreno or Canales also aspire to have a rest route with their sights set on that clash against Real at Benito Villamarín. Europe will once again give Joaquín a prominence ticket: the Portuense started all the games in this Europa League and intends to confirm that he is having a good time after his show of strength in the Copa del Rey.
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The three consecutive victories in the League signed by Betis took him to third place. That particular battle with Real Sociedad, lived a season ago, invites many of the focus to be placed on that weekend’s duel in the League and keep the trip to Scotland in the background. But that distribution of minutes manufactured by Pellegrini so far facilitated that the entire squad was plugged in achieving the objectives. And the Chilean expects that philosophy to remain on the table this week.