“The Miranda thing has nothing to do with the Aspas thing”
MADRID, 4 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Real Betis coach, Manuel Pellegrini, confessed that Real Madrid is “the most difficult rival in the League”, but they will play him this Sunday “without fear”, while he did not add fuel to the latest controversies with the referees and wanted to clarify differences between players who simulate and others who do not.
“Each game is different. The team wants to beat Real Madrid, the players will go out to play as always, knowing that mistakes are expensive. We are going to play without fear, go out to win from the first minute,” he said at a press conference before of the duel at Villamarín.
The Andalusian coach explained that the rival is the most complicated possible in the League. “Real Madrid always goes for everything, they go out to win. They play very well and have individualities. It doesn’t mean that we don’t have our chances. We are going to face the most difficult opponent in the League,” he said.
In addition, Pellegrini was asked about the losses of Fekir and Canales. “The most important thing is that Fekir is fine, we have to wait for the deadlines. He is a very important player. I like to have everyone, but not being him or Canales, important players, the team responds. Sergio is recovering, getting better and better We are going to see if he arrives in Manchester on Thursday. We always have variants. We try to have a squad involved”, he commented.
On the other hand, the Chilean coach made a point to respond to the criticism that asked him to condemn a simulation by Miranda last week like the one pointed out by de Aspas in the duel against Celta. “I have read criticism about Miranda with Aspas, they are two things that have nothing to do with it. They hit Juan in the hand and he himself hits himself in the mouth. If it had been a simulation, he would have said the same about players who They make theater of things that are not true,” he explained.
“It is not necessary to look for justifications based on refereeing errors, which have them for all the teams. I do not think there is any predisposition of any referee to harm anyone. They make mistakes like all human beings, they perhaps have some different criteria, they are exposed, even more with the VAR, to have some mistake”, finished.