In Spain, they analyze Pellegrini after the defeat of Betis against Atlético de Madrid: “He read the game well with the changes, but the reaction was late”

Manuel Pellegrini’s Real Betis added a new drop in the Spanish league this Sunday. He did so against Diego Simeone’s Atlético de Madrid 2-1 at the Benito Villamarín stadium in Seville.

A double from Antoine Griezmann (54′ and 71′) was enough for the Cholo team to beat the Verdiblancos who managed to unhook at 84′ on Nabil Fekir’s score.

After this fall, the Spanish press analyzed the performance of the Chilean coach who this time decided to leave Claudio Bravo on the bench.

Diario de Sevilla wrote that “Simeone again showed that he had the measure of Betis and Pellegrini, and took the three points in a game that perhaps because of that good final stretch that the Verdiblancos had with their activation thanks to the entry , above all, of a very good Fekir, they deserved the draw ”.

“However, the lack of strength in the areas, with Álex Moreno hitting the crossbar that time, an overly contemplative defensive axis after Luiz Felipe had to leave due to injury and the bad afternoon that Rui Silva had had a negative scoring impact. of those of Heliopolis”, they added before specifying that the national DT “it’s not good in the rotations ”.

In turn, Estadio Deportivo said that “Betis were the protagonists of the clash, they dominated the match and played as they see fit. But Griezmann’s strength decided the game against him ”.

Finally, El Desmarque gave Pellegrini a score of 5 (out of a maximum of 10) indicating that “it would be difficult to suspend him. He puts in what he has and although his team has been more stuck in attack than usual for weeks, he is still in competition. He read the game well with the changes, but the reaction was late . A golden opportunity was missed.”

After the defeat, the analysis of the Chilean coach highlighted the closed defensive proposal that Diego Simeone raised in the game. “Here what happened was one team came out not to lose and won, another team came out to win and lost. . They got the goal from a corner, with a lot of bad luck. We kept playing the same way and we got the reduction, the lesser we deserved. In the end, a shot on the post could give us a draw,” commented the Engineer after the game.

“Atlético de Madrid defends itself with eight or nine players. They never caught us with a counterattack, I don’t remember any saves from Rui Silva. We lacked creativity against a closed team “, he added later.

Finally, he said he lacked a little more inventiveness to break up the rival goal. “We lacked goals. We dominated the game for 55 minutes before Atlético de Madrid scored. We lacked a little more creativity against a team that defends very well, that plays this game of memory ”.

Now, Verdiblanco’s side have to focus on what will be their fifth match in the Europa League group stage. This Thursday (1:45 p.m.) they must go to Ludogorets with the mission of securing first place in the group which will give them direct passage to the round of 16 of the competition.