On a day like today a year ago, Manuel Pellegrini was experiencing one of his worst crises on the Betic bench. It was the fourth day of the championship and the verdiblancos visited a Getafe that at halftime was already winning 3-0 and that they were able to extend the win easily in the second half, although the scoreboard did not move. The ghosts of previous seasons reappeared and doubts about the suitability of having put the Betic project in the hands of Pellegrini suddenly arose.
A year later, Betis spent the night in Budapest waiting to face Ferencvaros tomorrow on the second day of the Europa League group stage. The Chilean coach has completely changed the face of a team that after the victories against Osasuna and precisely Getafe last Sunday, the counter of the illusion of his fans has overflowed. So much so that no one thinks at the moment about Betis's traditional performance slump due to playing three competitions, something that has happened regularly and that even ended up causing the decline at the end of the season.
Of the eleven that Pellegrini lined up a year ago in Getafe, only half will be able to repeat tomorrow. From the headlines of that day Mandi, Sidnei and Sanabri are not still in the squada, while Canales is out due to injury and Joel due to technical decision. Álex Moreno, Bartra, Guido, Carvalho, Fekir and Juanmi may be in the game against Ferencvaros.