Chilean Manuel Pellegrini, coach of Real Betis, stated that the 1-3 conceded by his team against Atlético de Madrid “is explained” by the fact that he had a rival “very dangerous on the counter”, but stressed that “the first Some of it was extraordinary.”
Pellegrini admitted after the match that “they with the 0-1 that they started are very dangerous”, for which he valued that Betis equalized and had “later the 2-1, which Oblak avoided”, after which his footballers accused “the effort of the whole week” and Atlético scored “the goals that settled the match”.
Even so, he insisted that he was “happy with the first half” of his team and affirmed that he is not giving up on the challenge of qualifying for the Champions League, although he knows “the reality of the teams that are ahead.”
The Santiago coach indicated that Betis is now “two points below” Barcelona and Atlético, although he specified that this “does not mean anything” when “there are 33 points left to be played”, with which he announced that they plan to “fight until the end “.
Pellegrini urged “to do things as before”, that is, “to think about the ‘Europa League’ on Thursday”, because “the goal” of the Cup final is far away, for which “there are forty days to go”, and this defeat does not add him to discouragement due to “what was done in the first 60 minutes against possibly the best squad in the League”.
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