MADRID, 24 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Real Betis and Real Sociedad will try this Thursday to continue depending on themselves to overcome the group stage of the Europa League 2021-2022, so they need to win in their respective games against Ferencváros and Monaco, respectively.
In the absence of two days, the European future of the two Spanish representatives in the competition is not yet clear. Both stumbled in the previous one and stopped in their desire to brush the crosses, but they still keep their options intact.
But to consolidate them they need to add the three points, a mission that seems more complicated for the Gipuzkoan team, who have a difficult visit to Louis II (9:00 p.m.), and something easier for the Sevillian, who receives in Benito Villamarín (18:45) the bottom of your group.
The Real Sociedad, on the other hand, visits the solid leader of its group, who is also undefeated, but who has eight points, two more than those of Imanol Alguacil, more obliged after the inopportune draw at the Reale Arena against Sturm Graz, bottom .
The second-placed LaLiga Santander also leads the Dutch PSV by one point, so it is clear that if he wins the Monegasque team he will snatch the first place, but that if the 1988 European champion adds at home to the Austrian team, he will do so. he will play everything against him on the last day in San Sebastián. A defeat in the Principality would leave him with no options to avoid the first round of crosses and would force him to win yes or yes in his final duel.
Real Sociedad comes to this appointment after losing the domestic leadership after drawing without goals at home against Valencia, a good example that it continues without starting at all at an offensive level, which it needs to try to hurt a Monaco that only He has received two goals so far, which has allowed him to make the most of the four he has scored.
Imanol Alguacil must decide if he does many rotations to give new energy to his team, although it is most likely that a permanent starter like Elustondo will play from the beginning for being sanctioned in the League, while it is likely that Mikel Oyarzabal, who returned last Sunday after overcome a muscle injury, he is also in the starting lineup after being a substitute against Sevilla. Portu awaits his opportunity, although now Januzaj is in a great moment.
Facing a Monaco to which the victory would give him the first place and the direct ticket to the eighth, but who attends the match without being in his best mood due to his last bad run of results, with four games without winning, three of them with a tie, and only two goals scored.
THE BETIS CANNOT FAIL AGAINST THE COLISTA IN THE VILLAMARÍN
For its part, Betis cannot be distracted from continuing its career in the Europa League, although in its case access to first place in Group G has been complicated after being thrashed (4-0) at BayArena by the Bayer Leverkusen.
The Betic team was not able to win any of their two duels with the German team, who took a draw at one and are now ahead of them by three points. One, after those of Manuel Pellegrini, is found as a threat by Celtic, so a victory in Villamarín against Ferencváros could give him the pass as long as the Scots do not add in Germany. If they do, it will all be decided at Celtic Park on the final matchday.
That is why it is obligatory for the Betis to return to the path of victory in the European competition and more so doing it in front of their public and in front of the bottom of the group, no longer pressure to be eliminated after losing their four games.
The best thing for Betis is that they come to this meeting with better spirits than the one with which they went to the international break. The Verdiblanco team faced the break with three consecutive defeats, including the derby against Sevilla, and without being able to score a goal, but last Sunday they rebuilt in Elche with a clear victory that they hope will give them a boost again.
Pellegrini will not change his script established this season and will bet on rotations to receive the leader of the Hungarian league. He will not be able to count on an important player like Fekir, sanctioned after his red card in Leverkusen, and in the previous one, William Carvalho, Rodri, Pezzella and Montoya did not train. Guido Rodríguez, who did not play due to a suspension at Martínez Valero, and Bellerín, who will not be able to play at the weekend for the same reason, headlines are emerging in an eleven where Borja Iglesias is also expected as ‘9’.