The Spanish press, and in particular that of Seville, was acid in the face of the performance of Manuel Pellegrini’s Beticos, after their elimination and their passage into a third-rate competition like the Conference League.
Betis continental failure. Playing at home, at the Benito Villamarín stadium, the green and white team fell to the Rangers of Scotland and said a bitter goodbye to the Europa League, while it only depended on itself to reach the eighth of the final, in the event of first place in their zone.
Ugly stumble for Manuel Pellegrini during the 2023-2024 season, since the Heliópolis team’s hope was to make a splash at UEFA level. With today’s result, Betis advances to the Conference League, the third club competition in the Old Continent. A consolation prize. As expected, The Hispanic press criticized the work of the Beticos.
The Marca newspaper spoke of a “disappointment” and that there is the consolation of going to the Conference. “A lesser evil for some and a major disappointment for others, who dreamed of their team crossing, once and for all, the barrier of the knockout stages of the Europa League. in an edition in which the “scarecrows” that fall from the Champions League are much less scary than on previous occasions.”
Sports stadium local newspaper of Seville, speaks of “Pass the drink and change the cup.” Regarding the work of the Chilean coach, he said that “Pellegrini takes out the sewing machine during the break, but the thread doesn’t hold.” “Who knows if the Conference League is that door to a European title that La Palmera so aspires to. Of course, dreams, starting tomorrow. Today, it is impossible to wake up from this disappointing nightmare. » he added.
For its part, the Seville Journal went beyond calling for elimination “another ridiculous European.” “Another ridicule for the Greens and Whites when they play on the Old Continent. And even more, this time, where they counted on themselves to be the first of the groups, but Rangers took advantage of Pellegrini’s defensive fragility to achieve a fair victory against a Heliopolitan team which ended a disappointing European evening. Another one,” he said.
The AS newspaper called this result a “hecatomb” and stated that this result could have an impact on the Engineer’s project. “Betis says goodbye to the Europa League and welcomes the Conference with obvious disappointment. He had never imagined this destiny when the first place in his group was in his hands with a duel in Villamarín which “This revealed defensive deficiencies and increased doubts about the project led by Manuel Pellegrini,” public.
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