“We are going to go out and play without the result in mind”

Manuel Pellegrini hopes that his players do not think about the favorable 2-3 of the first leg to face the second leg this Thursday against Zenit St. Petersburg at the Benito Villamarín, which can give them the pass to the round of 16 of the Europa League. “The worst mistake we would make would be to play with the result. We are going to go out and play without the result we got there in our minds. Hopefully we will see a great Betis because we are facing a great rival”, he pointed out Pilgrims this Wednesday at the pre-match press conference.

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“Zenit will always be an attacking team. I think the second half in Russia was very similar to the second half here in Mallorca,” he said. Pilgrims about the behavior of his team in the last two games.

“It’s a Champions team”

Pilgrims continued to analyze Zenit. “It’s a Champions League team. The centers aren’t just important, they have very creative players”, explained the Betis coach, who also pointed out that Canales will be available: “Canales had a big stomp on a toe. Yesterday He was in pain, he trained today, he’s on the summons list and everyone on the list is fit to play. Let’s see tomorrow which eleven we play with”.