In Spain, they recognize the work of Pellegrini in the success of Betis: “He is champion thanks to the wisdom of his coach”

Claudio Bravo, Manuel Pellegrini and all of Real Betis celebrate. Verdiblanco’s cast won another Copa del Rey on Saturday after beating Valencia 5-4 on penalties and were able to cry champions again.

In Spain, the sports press celebrated the Chilean coach’s proposal and praised the work carried out by Claudio Bravo during the match, especially thanks to his saving save in the last minutes of the second half.

Diario de Sevilla said the result of the final was fair because “Pellegrini’s team were the ones who offered constructive work from the minute and the ones who pursued above any other objective to hurt the rival through the ball, to touch it, to find the right ways to reach the goal ”.

“The second half started with more nerves from Betis, with a phase of certain doubts and Valencia had two dangerous approaches, but Pellegrini called for calm, reorganized his team and they were already infinitely superior since the arrival of Borja Iglesias around the time of the match”, they continued.

They also pointed out that the penalty takers were players entered from the substitutes’ bench. “The forces were so scarce that Pellegrini took all the penalty shootout specialists off the field because they literally couldn’t take his soul anymore. Borja Iglesias, Fekir and Canales left, but Willian José, Tello and Miranda entered. Football has those things, the five Betis drew had been five of six changes. Everyone has marked and even in this fabric Pellegrini knows ”.

“Betis are champions of Spain thanks to the wisdom of their coach and a group of excellent footballers who have put their offices there . Everyone has their share of merit,” they said.

Estadio Deportivo, for his part, commented that “Pellegrini came out with the expected XI, which all Betis have started reciting by heart in recent games. The doubt could be in the goal, where the Chilean coach called on the experience of his compatriot ”.

“It was surprising that it took so long to make the changes, although it’s also true that Betis finished much better than their rivals and tried much harder than the Verdiblancos,” they added.

El Desmarque pointed out in his tete-a-tete that “And so much so that the Engineer had a plan. The leader, alma mater of Betis champion of the Copa del Rey . In the final, he was true to his style, recognizable and made history with Serra Ferrer, Iriondo and O’Conell”.

Finally, Marca wrote that “the Chilean comes out with his gala eleven for his first title in Spain. He was champion in Chile, Ecuador, Argentina and England. The 1-0 at 11 minutes loads your plan arguments . His side reigned wisely, but Valencia found the tie despite being clearly outclassed. Radical change of scenery compared to the tie. No change after the break. His team is going through a delicate phase after the break. Now the doubts turn green and white. Your team is growing in the home stretch. Joaquín is his first change. Move pieces for the epic . He has to eliminate good penalty takers like Canales or Fekir because keeping them on the pitch is impossible due to their level of exhaustion”.

That the game extends to penalties is partly the responsibility of Claudio Bravo. At the end of the second half, the goalkeeper was key in containing Carlos Soler’s shot with his foot.

Diario de Sevilla said that “nothing to do in the goal against the quality gesture of Hugo Duro. Spot on in that Carlos Soler shot in ’90 ″.

Estadio Deportivo, meanwhile, also shed light on the play. “In the first part, he barely intervened. He couldn’t do anything for Hugo Duro’s goal. In the second, two saving hands at the start prevented Valencia from taking the lead. And he saved his team in 90′ ”.

“He shot from scratches and experience to appear at the right times with a saving hand and a fundamental intervention over time with a shot from Soler. One more title in his extensive list, the first as a Betis player “, underlined El Desmarque.