The only South American coach in the history of Manchester City and the tenth player with the most matches of the English entity coincide this Sunday in the same place. Stories are not lacking, precisely, in the trunk of their memories to be overlooked when they greet each other at the Benito Villamarín. One of the technicians you have had at your command David
Silva is Manuel
Pellegrini. Rays of sky blue, ‘citizen’ tone, in the wrapping of a classic like Betis-Real.
Pellegrini trained Silva between 2013 and 2016. Three seasons of electric intensity in cloudy Manchester, one of the urban landmarks of the United Kingdom. Not so much for its beauty, of doubtful existence, but rather for its historical stamp. The first railway on the planet linked Manchester to Liverpool, back in the early 19th century. A breakthrough in the era of civilization.
Less time ago, while Pellegrini he rubbed his hands to know that he was meeting a footballer like Silva, Real went through Manchester to play against United in the Champions League. It was October 2013. The Chilean technician lived in that same city since that precise summer. It had just been the great bet of City. And among the stars of his lucrative roster, Silva was not at all out of place. Rather, it brilliantly represented the prevailing style of the time: the so-called ‘tiki-taka’.
TO Manuel
Pellegrini he was convinced by the football that he practiced Silva. From the time they met until they said goodbye. The current star signing of Real added 103 games, between the Premier and the European Cup, under the command of the Chilean. 98 of them as a starter, only in three seasons.
A miraculous title
Pellegrini Y Silva they wrote golden chapters together. For this purpose they were hired by the greatest economic power that emerged in England in recent times. Manchester City won three titles with the coach and the playmaker. Two League Cups in 2014 and 2016, and a Premier League fallen from the sky, with miraculous airs.
The fiasco was just around the corner on the last day of the 2013/2014 season. A City built on clean petrodollar, with waste by flag and an exorbitant budget, was on the verge of losing the league by not going beyond the draw, at home against Queens Park Rangers.
The solution had to be English. Thanks to catapult centers from anywhere. With the heart in a fist and without half measures. Sergio ‘Kun’ Agüero he captured one of the bombings inside the area and disguised himself as a hero in the last play of that Premier. The first of Pellegrini. The second of Silva.
Experience they will not forget
The reunion with the old days promises this Sunday. Pellegrini Y David
Silva They will liven up the run-up to Betis-Real, recovering an experience more worthy of Hollywood than Manchester. They were both scammed by the same professional. A Jonathan Reuben it complicated the existence of the protagonists.
Three years ago, in 2017, the local newspaper, ‘Manchester Evening News’, exposed the bank fraud of a 56-year-old man who posed as David
Silva. The authorities intercepted the malefactor after he passed various identification checks. He wanted to withdraw £ 21,000 in cash at different ATMs in Manchester. In addition, Reuben stole £ 100,000 from the account Manuel
Pellegrini. He found out the secret code of his credit card and the Chilean noticed in a restaurant, when his payment was rejected due to lack of funds. Judge Patrick
Field sentenced him to 20 years in prison. An experience they will not forget.