The Betis by Manuel Pellegrini it is a winning machine. 17 victorias The Heliopolitan team accumulates in this League –the second that has achieved the most–. The maturity to understand the games and the competitive character that the Chilean coach has injected have placed Betis among the best in the championship. Like any winning team, the Verdiblancos manage multiple offensive records and the comeback against Cádiz was one more example of that qualitative leap that has been experienced in this campaign.
Up to seven games the Betis team has turned the scoreboard around, his best record ever and a fact that shows his confidence in his game. “This team has come from behind more times and that helps. You have the feeling that you can turn it around,” said Borja Iglesias himself, who came on from the bench to score the winning goal as soon as the match was over.
Betis accumulated another two comebacks in the league championship, against Levante at the Benito Villamarín (3-1) and against Espanyol at Cornellà (1-4); also in the Copa del Rey he managed to turn the score around on three occasions: against CF Talavera in the second round (2-4), against Sevilla in the round of 16 (2-1) and against Rayo Vallecano in the first leg of the semifinal (1-2); and a comeback was also added in the Europa League, the day of his debut in the group stage against Celtic at the Benito Villamarín (4-3).
Other data also point to that Betic variety to win games. Tello’s goal, on the first ball he touched after coming off the bench, was the twelfth Betis goal from outside the area, which keeps it as the team that has scored the most in that way. Canales, Fekir, Juanmi or Tello himself have already shown off their punch during the season, which has allowed Betis to overcome very tight defenses like the one that Cádiz put up when they took the lead on the scoreboard.
That scoring power of the Heliopolitans – with 56 goals they are the fourth team that has scored the most goals in this League – has allowed them to get into the fight for a place in the Champions League. The defeat of Atlético de Madrid in Mallorca shortened the distance with the fourth classifiedwhich is now the mattress team, which adds only one point more than Betis when there are still 21 to play.
And it is that the Betic season is being to frame. Waiting for that special date on April 23 in La Cartuja, in which they could lift a title 17 years later, the Verdiblancos also reached the round of 16 in the Europa League, while in the league tournament they have been improving the records of last campaign. A) Yes, Pellegrini’s men already add eight points more than last year at this point and only Lorenzo Serra Ferrer’s Betis from 96-97 added more points than the current onel. So, the Verdiblancos were third in the standings, tied with second, with 63 units.
In addition, and although the calendar is now asymmetrical, Pellegrini’s men add eight points more than in the first round in the duels against those same teams, which reflects the good performance of the team in this second stage of the competition, in which he has added 23 points in twelve days, despite the fact that he has played more games than most of his rivals due to his participation in the Copa del Rey and the Europa League.
With seven games to go, Betis are ten points clear of seventh-placed Villarreal, meaning their presence in Europe next year is all but guaranteed.
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