Manuel Pellegrini looks for solutions to solve the absence of Nabil Fekir, his piece with the most minutes of the season and the player who has become a reference in his game system at the offensive level in his next European appointments. He will not play this Thursday against Ferencvaros and the coach only thinks, for the moment, about how to solve that unknown in his puzzle. It will not be easy. The Frenchman played 1,431 minutes so far this season. He only rested against Atlético de Madrid, in the league, and his team received a harsh correction (3-0) at Wanda. Thursday’s appointment could be decisive to tie the second place in the Europa League group and Pellegrini does not want the loss of his main figure to condition the good moment of his team.
He has a wide deck of options on the table, although none are a natural replacement for Fekir.. With Rodri still in cotton, Joaquín is posited as one of the ways to consider. He played as a starter in the four bets of the Europa League, however not appearing in any eleven league of Pellegrini. The portuense has a certain facility to handle the game between the lines and occupy that role of freedom behind the nine. His moment of form, yes, opens more questions. The alternative that the coach took at Wanda was to place Sergio Canales in that place, but the Cantabrian came into play very little and it does not seem that the test has any signs of repeating itself.
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There is a lower risk route and it is Juanmi. The malagueño is going through a sweet moment of play and has the goal in his sights. It tends to list on the left side, but its tendency is to look for the opposite goal and sign diagonals in the central zone. The youth squad Rober is another less decisive route in that position. The option that Willian José and Borja Iglesias play together seems a further path in the plan of the Chilean coach, who will not overturn the idea of the game that he has executed so far. With or without Fekir. Betis need an express recipe to make up for the absence of their most differential player.