Manuel Pellegrini expect a difficult game this Sunday against him Lightning and acknowledges that on Thursday, before him Leverkusen, his men did not start with the intensity required, which he hopes will not be repeated: “The games are never the same. The game against Bayer did not start with the intensity that is needed. Things are not repeated, you have to assimilate everything to beat Rayo tomorrow. Matches do not always depend on the individual performance of the players. Rayo comes with confidence and the best way to play it is to try to be the same team that we have been playing. With intensity, good performance, team spirit that allows us to get three key points “.
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The Real Betis He will get into the European zone if he wins this game, and he even has options to get into the Champions zone, something he does not think about Pilgrims: “For me the only formula to do it is not to think about what will happen in May and tomorrow. At the end of the season we will see what points we can reach and if we get European positions, the championship or half of the table. One tries to dampen the conditions and I do not think it is convenient to set a goal because in the end reality may indicate that it is not like that. This is game after game “.
“Defensively the team has improved a lot”
The Betis will try to leave his door to zero for the second game in a row, something that he has not achieved for months: “The great challenge of the team is to win the game. If I win all the games 3-2 I would not care at all. Defensively the team has improved a lot , the amount of goals that they score us are much less, the chances that they make us are few and I believe that collectively it is a whole “.
Pilgrims he is happy for the return of 100% of the capacity to the stadiums: “The more people in the stands there is a more competitive atmosphere inside the stadium. The team feels supported by the people who are also very strong behind the team forever”.