“Go away, Manuel”: in Spain they lose patience with Pellegrini and ask him to resign from Betis

Manuel Pellegrini and Betis are not having fun in the local competition. Last weekend, for the 30th day of the Hispanic League, the Verdiblanco team ended up losing 3-2 against Girona, which meant the fourth consecutive defeat for the team .

Thus, the Sevilla team occupies the seventh place, but it is already seven points from a place in trying to participate in a European competition. “The results are very negative when there are four defeats and no points are scored. . But there are things to fight. This team will fight until the end to get out of this bad streak, we have to do it together, continue to fight until the last option,” explained the coach after the said match.

Because of this campaign, Estadio Deportivo columnist Alberto Gálvez recommended the engineer to leave his post before the Betis board makes this decision .

“Go away, Manuel, for your sake more than for that of Betis . You are a coach who gave everything for the club, who is appreciated, who won a title and who made Benito Villamarín’s history with three consecutive European qualifications. But don’t forget that you are precisely that, a coach,” emphasizes Gálvez.

“I already warned at the start of the course that things would be worse than before because at the end of last year the team had already shown some signs of decline. And because, I always think the same thing, maintaining the enthusiasm and concentration of a locker room with the same coach for more than three years can only be achieved by changing it 50% or more or by introducing new ideas or concepts”, continues the journalist.

Next, he highlights how the club’s board handled the signings. “The first of these solutions was attempted last summer and, coupled with winter reinforcements, may be close to succeeding. But it’s not about signing for the sake of signing either. And the former sports director of Betic, Ramón Planes, evolved well in the market, but everything he brought did not have value nor did he like the Chilean. . Look at the cases of Alex Collado, loaned to Saudi Al-Okhdood, or Abde, less and less visible,” he said.

“And what he doesn’t do is the second one, because you see this Sunday after Sunday. The team continues to play the same game as in its first season, but with more “dilapidated” players, as in the case of Fekir, or older or, quite simply, with players of a lower level. Lots of possession, lots of changes of direction, but little depth and zero speed in attack. And football that does not surprise becomes predictable. And what is predictable in football is that if you don’t win, they will throw you out sooner or later. “, he added.

Regarding the last match against Girona, he assures that “anyone reading these lines will think that “the typical opportunistic journalist is already on duty” and is taking advantage of the defeat against Girona to make wood for the fallen tree. But no, precisely in Montilivi I exonerate him for everything except one thing, not knowing how to equalize after being late to the scoreboard for the whole match and in this torrential rain . Because he is not responsible for Chadi Riad’s absurd handball, nor for the weather conditions which force unfortunate clearances like that of Ruibal.

“But what he is guilty of, and largely, is putting four players with practically the same profile: Isco, Fekir, Ayoze and Fornals. . It cannot be a case of “let those with the most quality play” and let them solve the problem. Because then more than one team would play without defense,” he added.

He then emphasizes that “regardless of what happened in Vallecas or Girona – to say the latter – and after having chained their worst sequence of results (four consecutive defeats and only one victory in the last eight games), Manuel deserves to go out the front door . All that remains is to pray that the team ends up playing in a Conference League that excites neither Betic fans nor the players themselves, as has been seen this year.

“For all these reasons, I consider that the end of the Pellegrini era has arrived. No matter how many contracts he has until 2026, if the project does not enter Europe, he will have to start from scratch. Better to leave this summer of your own free will than to be fired before December. Because he doesn’t deserve it », concluded Alberto Gálvez.