Manuel Pellegrini, a record ‘engineer’ in Spain

The coach of Real Betis, the Chilean Manuel Pellegrini, completed 400 games as coach in the Spanish League this Sunday, a record figure that places him as the second most prominent foreigner, only behind the Slovakian Ferdinand Daucik, who also coached Betis in the 50’s of the last century.

Daucik, who won three league titles and five cups with FC Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao, directed a total of 488 games on the bench in Spain.

His team’s unappealable victory over Osasuna was also a milestone in Pellegrini’s career in the Spanish League, since it meant his 200th victory, a figure that also makes him one of the most reliable coaches with the best percentage of success in Spain. .

In this section he was the fifth foreign coach with the most victories, equaled with Helenio Herrera and Benjamin Toshack, and only behind Cholo Simeone (240 victories) and Daucik himself, with 234 victories.

Under his baton, Betis is completing one of the best seasons in its history, finalist in the Copa del Rey and with options to qualify for the Champions League, fifth in the standings, 4 points behind the trio they are chasing: Barcelona, ​​Atlético from Madrid and Seville, equaled 57 in second, third and fourth place, respectively.

In the last days. and after Chile’s failure to qualify for the 2022 Qatar World Cup and the dismissal of the Uruguayan coach Martín Lasarte, his name has once again been put on the table as a possible coach for La Roja, a responsibility that the ‘Engineer’ already said in the past that would excite him a lot.