With the renewal of Manuel Pellegrini Betis He faces a new derby in Nervion, five points off the top Seville. A wise distance, not an astronomical one, despite the difference that currently exists between the two projects. They are marked green and white … Qualifying goal for champions league, This is something that Pellegrini has not done yet during the years he spent on the Heliopolitan bench.
It does not seem that Betis will have problems finishing the competition by obtaining a European place. But it is true that he has recently played in some duels in which he was supposed to win, in order to take a firmer step towards the Champions League positions, just as Villarreal does. In this way, only green and white are added Five points from the last twelvea rather poor balance considering that, with the exception of the defeat against Atletico Madrid (0-2), which could be reasonable, Betis was unable to score with a hat-trick against Valencia (1-1) and Girona (1-1), despite a strong victory over Mallorca at the Cartuja Stadium with a score of 3-0.
These setbacks caused Betis to occupy the championship Fifth place The two teams are equal on points with Athletic Bilbao, each with 21 points, and are seven points behind Atletico Madrid, which currently ranks fourth. At the moment, fifth place does not grant access to the Champions League, we will have to see the development of the different Spanish clubs in European competitions to award more places, as happened last season. If they get her this year, Pettis is a clear candidate to keep her.
In this way, Manuel Pellegrini’s men reach the first derby of the season with their goal almost on track and five points clear of Sevilla, who are in no man’s land, after a reasonable start to the league. That’s Almeida They have only achieved two wins at homealthough the Seville derby is usually well contested in Nervion. For Betic’s coach, victory over Sevilla in their stronghold is an issue, as the two derbies he managed to win were at Verdeblanco’s home ground. Although they are avoiding the role of favourites, they are aware that in terms of squad, budget and goal, Betis arrive with greater expectations for this round of 14 of La Liga.
Although it is true that they will visit Sanchez Pizjuan in the absence of Isco, Amrabat, Bellerin and Anthony, while Lo Celso is a doubt. It’s not a little bit. To their credit, Sevilla also lost very important players in their scheme such as Ruben Vargas and Gabriel Suazo. While Azpilicueta is a doubt, he is training to prepare for his first Seville derby.