The Chilean coach lamented the 3-0 victory suffered at Valencia and explained that the opener was “a psychological goal”. In the overall analysis, the Engineer stated that “The game is split in two: eleven against eleven was even; Valencia played well, but we had chances”.
Betis come back to leave points and receive a red card again a. The Andalusian box collected a painful d Error 3-0 in Valencia in a game he controlled until Edgar was sent off, as acknowledged by the director Manuel Pellegrini .
“The match is divided into two: eleven against eleven, it was even; Valencia played well, but we had chances. With the expulsion the match was over, we had no physical effort to match it, with the score against”, said Santiago’s DT.
On the criteria used in the red, the former City coach did not want to get into the controversy and explained that “I say goodbye to the referees as always. They are the ones who decide, they felt that Edgar’s two fouls were for the yellows and the penalty was too. It was difficult for us to play with one of less, especially as a visitor against a team like Valencia”.
Asked what conquest meant in the minds of his players, the Engineer agreed that the game fully marked the fate of the match at Mestalla.
“The goal was very psychological. We lost a player and immediately the opener arrived. With the goal from a free kick, we had to get out and return to the game with a score against, after four days of playing the derby and emotionally it cost us more.” assured the coach.
Likewise, he insisted that “before the sending-off, the game was even and the 3-0 was the product of a penalty and a goal at the end which decided the game”.
Required by the changes he made shortly before the Valencia goal, Pellegrini said that “he wasn’t thinking about dosing Guido Rodríguez’s game, as he could only play 60 minutes due to medical orders. We tried to change the start with Canales playing a bit further. It only lasted us two minutes and then came the expulsion.”
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Source: Latercera
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