Against Celtic, an eleven totally different from the Camp Nou

Manuel Pilgrims can change the full starting eleven next Thursday in Glasgow, in the clash against him Celtic which closes the group stage of the Europa League, where the Verdiblancos are assured of second place, without the possibility of being first or falling to third place, so only the 630,000 euros that UEFA awards for victory are at stake (210,000 € to the tie).

It is very possible that of the eleven who played at the start on Saturday against FC Barcelona not one will repeat in Glasgow, because next Sunday there will be a crucial League game against Real Sociedad at Benito Villamarín (6.30pm), which will Donostiarras will face after playing all their qualification options in the Europa League against PSV, against which they only need to win in Anoeta to go as seconds to the next phase, otherwise they would fall to the Conference League.

Imanol, a realist coach, will have to pull his best men against PSV on Thursday, while Pellegrini, with his homework done, will once again pull massive rotations and against Celtic he could line up an eleven made up of Claudio Bravo or Dani Rebollo, Martín Monyoya, Pezzella, Edgar, Miranda, Paul, William Carvalho, Joaquín, Rodri or Rober, Tello or Lainez and Borja Iglesias, none of whom started at the Camp Nou, where Nabil Fekir was not either due to suspension.

The return of the French international – surely instead of Aitor Ruibal – is presumed to be the only change in the starting eleven for next Sunday compared to the one he won at the Camp Nou, while to play in Glasgow the Betic coach is awaiting the inconvenience that were dragged by Claudio Bravo and Martín Montoya, who have been out in recent games due to injury and are in the final stretch of their recovery.

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