Real
Betis and Real
Society They settle this Tuesday an interesting round of 16 match of the Cup
of the
King at Benedict
Villamarin (9pm, DAZN), where the Verdiblancos will try to maintain their dominance in the direct duels in the KO tournament -they have won four eliminations of five- and the Donostiarras, their supremacy in the last clashes, as they won 0-3 last October in Heliopolis and this Saturday they let slip a 2-0 in the final five minutes (2-2), which prevented them from breaking the terrible streak of results that they have dragged on since the end of November, since they have only won two of their last fifteen official matches.
This comeback allows the Verdiblancos to remain undefeated in the six games we have in 2021, since they have four victories and two draws in the six games of the year, a milestone that only twice (1981 and 1995) they exceeded throughout their history at the beginning of a calendar year.
Various changes
Manuel
Pellegrini He will try to maintain the streak and for this he plans to make some changes in the starting eleven, for which he will continue without being able to count on key pieces such as Guido
Rodriguez, Claudio
Bravo, Aitor
Ruibal or Marc
Bartra, and has decided to give rest to Loren
Hummock and Juan
Miranda, starters in all the league matches so far this year and with less prominence in the KO competition.
Footballers once headlines like William
Carvalho, Alex
Brown, Tonny
Sanabria or the incombustible Joaquín will regain prominence in this height clash in which the pass to the quarterfinals of the Cup
of the
King, which two years ago the Betics already achieved after eliminating the Donostiarras in a double game, who still have to play with him Athletic in the Cartuja the final of the 2020 edition.
Silva misses it
In the realistic ranks, Imanol
Sheriff still unable to count due to injury David
Silva, one of its great stars, – not even with the substitute goalkeeper Miguel
Angel
Moya and Luca
Sangalli– but he takes the already ex sevillista Charles
Fernandez, signed over the weekend and who quickly returns to the other neighborhood of his city after completing just two training sessions with his new teammates. The donostiarras play next Saturday in the field of Villarreal -he Betis will do it on Monday before Osasuna– and the San Sebastian coach will also make some changes to refresh the team, which had a sensational start to the championship and has been stuck for months, with nine draws, four defeats and only two victories –Athletic in LaLiga and Cordova in Copa del Rey, both at home – in the last fifteen games.