Manuel Pellegrini, with hardly any time to digest Sunday’s win in the cup derby against Sevilla F.C., appeared this Monday at a press conference prior to the league match against Alaves Tuesday, also in the Benito Villamarin (8pm), with the public in the stands. “Time is short, we have been immersed in the derby throughout the weekend, on Saturday and Sunday. Today is training, new concentration and thinking about the two games in LaLiga This week. Everything about the derby is over now, we are classified for the next round which is the most important thing, but all that is already in the past and we have to prepare ourselves for tomorrow’s game with Alavés,” the Chilean said on Monday.
The Betis coach gave the part of ups and downs for the match against Alaves: “The campus is fine. It recovered willian joseph and will be on the summons list tomorrow. Too Bellerin, who received a severe blow and was dizzy on Sunday. Bartra will not be available yet. they are out too Montoya Y Joaquin. They are the three. Camarasa He will also be on the list of cited players.”
The Betis He will play this Tuesday just 48 hours after doing it on Sunday: “It already seemed like an excess load to me to have to play Saturday, Tuesday and Friday, but the schedule was like that. I don’t know why it’s always up to us to play every three days. Yes To that you add that we also play on Sunday, obviously there is an important physical and mental load. We have the capacity, through a large squad, to continue being competitive in all competitions. It’s time to rest, prepare and get the best eleven tomorrow competitive that we have”, he analyzed.
Pilgrims, who will do some rotations before the Alaves, also spoke about Rodri Sánchez, who had been playing everything until his injury in the last league derby: “Unfortunately at his best moment he had a major injury and it was difficult for him to recover. He is already training normally and at any moment he will have the opportunity to play. They are still just as important pieces”.
Pilgrims highlighted the positive debut of Sabaly: “I saw him very well. Very important for us. I was pleasantly impressed by his ability to play in the right sector and left sector. It suits the philosophy we have and I think it will be very important. It was good for him to play again After so much time”.
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