The Hispanic press reflected on the wasted opportunity to add three points and follow the fight for a place in the next Champions League more closely.
Manuel Pellegrini and Claudio Bravo’s Real Betis couldn’t celebrate again this Monday due to the local tournament. Verdiblanco’s team equalized without goals during their visit against Getafe and saw how the distance increased to enter the positions that give access to the next Champions League.
The Hispanic press did not let this situation pass by the Engineer’s team and criticized the Chilean and his supporters. Diario de Sevilla wrote: “Betis were unrecognizable at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Muñoz. Especially in the second part. Neither Borja was Borja, nor the full-backs pushed, nor Canales found the weak side of the heavily populated blue defense ”.
“Pellegrini’s four attacking changes (Lainez, Juanmi, Joaquín and Willian José) didn’t change the set either . The Verdiblancos have lost an ideal opportunity to go all out in the fight for the Champions League in the last four days, ”they continued. Despite this, they do not lose hope. “The Cup champion hasn’t said his last word yet, of course not.”
For their part, Estadio Deportivo wrote that Betis “tried. There is no doubt. He came out for the match early on, surely aware that his legs wouldn’t last ninety minutes at a high pace. And he largely dominated the first half, with very clear chances for Pezzella and Fekir aborted by David Soria, but Real Betis came back to the harsh reality in the second, with just enough strength to endure a draw (0-0) which, like Getafe in its struggle to seal permanence as soon as possible, fails to raise the bet ”.
“The season is already exceptional, with a title in hand and a guaranteed presence in the Europa League and the Spanish Super Cup, but the temptation of the Champions League, which would have been one point to have won at the Colosseum, was so greedy that it deserved an effort “, they added.
Moreover, they realized how little goalscoring ability they added in recent duels. “Third game without scoring, it is analyzed if you want to fight for the Champions ”.
Finally, El Desmarque said of Pellegrini that “Difficult to understand some decisions . From the outside, the ambition to fight for the Champions League was sold, but something different was seen on the pitch . Only two points from the last nine in play. The changes haven’t improved the team either. The team threw their options overboard ”.
Bravo approves
For this match, Manuel Pellegrini chose to give the title to Claudio Bravo and he answered when necessary.
Estadio Deportivo reported that “he repeated ownership after coming on as a substitute against Elche and playing 120′ plus penalties in the Cup final. The most dangerous shot for him in the first halves was stopped by Víctor Ruiz, the next thing was a cross from Óscar which he caught before he reached Enes Ünal. It was different in the second, because at minute 47 he had to show up to fend off a header from Okay Yokuslu. ”.
El Desmarque, for his part, wrote of the keeper that “the times he had to intervene, he solved it successfully ”.
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