Manuel Pellegrini focuses the spotlight on the prelude to a new league clash for Betis. With Getafe as a rival tomorrow, the coach of the Verdiblanco team tried to analyze the situation of his team and also influenced what happened last Saturday against Real Madrid and the possible sanction for his statements: “I have not said anything and I am very quiet. It would be strange to be sanctioned without blaming anyone. I only said that it was very difficult to play against Madrid, against VAR, a penalty, an expulsion … I did not blame absolutely anyone, I said that all that together was a stumbling block. “He insisted on it and the words of Joel Robles: “I don't know what he said, if there are statistics they could be checked. I don't think there are sanctions, but players and coaches would stop talking. and that would be detrimental. If everything has to be accepted, I don't think we can carry out the activity in that way. What I did was disagree on those actions. “
Defend yourself in the duel against Madrid: “I think we had a brilliant first half, we turned the score around. The second half is distorted by the own goal. We had 30 minutes with one less and until the penalty, Madrid only had one chance to score. You can't judge that one. second half for playing with one less due to a push from Emerson. That gave Madrid more peace of mind, I am satisfied with the game when it was 11 against 11. “
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Situation of the players with discomfort: “They are not in conditions neither Bravo, nor Lainez and Guarded. They are the three that will not be able to be tomorrow. Rotations? There are still some doubts and there are 24 hours, I cannot confirm which eleven will come out.”
Getafe: “It is a difficult game, it plays with a rocky system. We are not going to change our way of playing, although we are attentive to the varieties of play of the other team. As we progress, the team will continue to do well.”
Claudio Bravo: “Unfortunately he had a knee strain in training. He woke up the next day inflamed, it was estimated that it was not necessary to risk. I do not think it will reach Saturday, nor will it reach the games in Chile.”
Market and campus: “It's only three days, but it's good to see ourselves up in the table. We must have the same mentality against Getafe to stay there as long as possible. Squad? We know the situation is difficult, we are missing a left back and we go to see the movements of both someone who comes and who could leave “.
Sanabria: “He has a challenge to show that he can be more in his career than he has been so far. He has many conditions to do more important things, it will depend on what he does in the games and also on his teammates to generate chances.”
Leader status: “The team feels confident in what it is doing. The attitude we have against Getafe must not be related to what happened against Madrid. We have defects at this stage of the season and they must be corrected. Leadership is a reason for satisfaction “.
VAR: “I think it is a technology that can distort the environment a bit but that gives more justice and that is good. I disagreed at the time how it is used. If we start using it whenever it is claimed by the players … The referee will feel more pressure depending on which team is in front and their fans. One thing is positive as long as you know how to do it. “