In Spain, they annihilate Betis’ “holiday tour” hours after the rematch against Colo Colo: “A tour and a paper”

Betis will face Colo Colo again, this Saturday, in Sausalito. Like Wednesday, the match is friendly, but in Spain it already receives another connotation. The rout that the albos gave Manuel Pellegrini’s team to Concepción, a resounding 5-0 that, although it speaks of the merits of the Chilean champion, who showed exceptional performances, such as that of striker Juan Martín Lucero, also condemns the lack of interest with which the Spaniards made the South American trip. Before, they had been beaten by River Plate.

“Two victories conceded, two matches offering a very bad image, nothing to celebrate, injuries and players displaying a low level . The South American tour, with the exception of the economic injection, since it is a commercial action carried out by LaLiga, does not leave anything positive for Betis”, condemns, from the outset, the analysis of ‘El Diario de Sevilla for the tour.

The review contains paraphrases of the engineer, who already after the setback against the Argentine team had shown his concern. “Losing 4-0 always hurts,” said the strategist. And I add:Try to demonstrate an individual requirement in each game performance and team spirit to always be competitive, whatever the challenge.

The last task was far from being accomplished in front of the cacique. “Neither spirit nor performance offered in Concepción. And Verdiblanco’s second coach Rubén Cousillas saw it coming, who after the 2-0 draw was heard through the TV cameras shouting from the group: ‘ Let’s make another paper! The same can’t happen to us again ‘. The Argentinian saw it coming, very active throughout the first half (more than Pellegrini), even if his encouragement had no effect”, summarizes the publication.

The darts are customized by the Chilean technician. “His Betis is not competitive, which in two games has conceded nine goals (12 if the three are counted at Mestalla), despite the fact that, especially against Colo Colo, he had a more or less recognizable team, despite the significant absences . They are not few, since in addition to the World Cup players (Pezzella, Guido Rodríguez, William Carvalho, Sabaly and Guardado) the Heliopolitan coach cannot count on the injured Luiz Felipe and Juanmi. Joaquín and Rui Silva are affected and have not played a minute in the two games played and the local players are there to help, none of them can be singled out,” the column reads.

There is also no room for excuses. “The long journey could serve as justification against River Plate. Against Colo Colo more, although Ruibal spoke about the accumulation of games and minutes. Not in all cases, since Pellegrini tours in the League and in Europe and footballers like Willian José, Paul or Miranda did not have an excessive load and they cannot use such an argument given the low level displayed on the tour,” he says.

Although there were those who considered that Betis had come “on vacation” to South America, the concrete thing is that formal rest does not begin until they return to the Old Continent. It will not be too much, because then you will have to face a series of demanding engagements. “The verdiblanca expedition returns this Sunday to Seville and it will be then when they enjoy their vacation . He won’t return to work until the end of the month. The tour has forced the normal plan of the rest of the teams to be changed, which are now on vacation to return to work next week. Betis will be a week behind many top division sides and in December they have a demanding plan for friendlies against Manchester United (December 10), Inter (December 17) and Atalanta (December 23) to prepare for the resumption of the league on December 30 or 31 against Athletic”, details El Diario de Sevilla.