The sporting director of Betis, Manu Fajardotook care of the media moved until Zagreb to talk, first, about the match taking place there this evening and, secondly, to review the hottest news from the Heliopolitan club.
The group led by Manual … Pellegrini They face Dinamo Zagreb this Thursday during the 6th day of the group stage of the Europa League. An important match for Betis to qualify among the top eight: “At the end of the day we arrive with this mentality, with the intention of taking the three points ahead, of closing this group stage as soon as possible, everything involves coming here tomorrow with the maximum involvement, with the maximum conviction and showing that we are superior on the pitch with the maximum intensity so that the talent can appear.”
Fajardo continued the speech of Diego Llorentein which he stated that it was a game to be played in Europe. “Obviously, in terms of personnel, we are superior to Dynamo Zagrebbut it must be demonstrated on the field from the moment the referee whistles the start of the match. Ultimately, we already have this experience in Europe, we have repeatedly faced rivals who were a priori inferior to us, but if you are not up to the intensity, if you are not up to this energy, if you are not winning the second games, then in the end you will find it difficult to take the three points lead.
“I am convinced that the XI that Manuel chooses and comes to play here will be made up of very different players.”
Regarding his rival, the Betic player at no time disdained the Croatian team, of which some names stood out: “Well, on an individual level I think it is a Dinamo perhaps inferior to the one we faced the last time we were here, there is no Petković, there is no Baturina, who were differential players, they continue to stand out for the team, for the energy in the three quarters of the pitch, a team that attacks well in an organized way, with players who overflow and are vertical on the outside, but ultimately, as I said earlier to your partner, everything involves showing the same intensity as the Dynamo Zagreb and also have personality in the last meters with the ball and for the talent to appear. I am convinced that the eleven that Manuel will choose, who will come to play here, will be made up of very differential players, with very talented players and that is where the difference must be.
This meeting is also the last Abde and Bakambuwho will travel to the African Cup upon return from this event. A situation which “annoys” Fajardo, above all, facing the next championship clash against Rayo Vallecano: “We have the aggravating circumstance that the Moroccan team is the first to play the official African Cup match and well, for my part, it’s rubbish, right? “These players are not in a match as important as Rayo Vallecano, but hey… I can understand it, I respect it and I have maximum confidence in the players available to attack Vallecas and win the three points.”
Precisely, last year, Betis faced the same scenario against Dynamo Zagreb and fell defeated. Asked about this, the sports director assured that there has been a change in mentality since: “I have good memories of this match because it was my first match as sports director in a European competition. Maybe today We have a more balanced group. In the end, in the rotation that the coach makes, a guaranteed eleven emerges and we showed it by taking points against Nottingham Forest, by beating Lyon, we also won at Razgrad and perhaps what has changed is that there is a group perhaps more balanced than two years ago.
A more balanced workforce
There was also time to talk winter marketeven if Fajardo did not want to leave too many signs in this regard; “Perhaps without focusing on the January market, I am a sports director who understands that, above all, the viability of the projects, the viability of the companies, in this case that of Real Betis, always comes first. I commented on it in some appearances. I consider myself a dynamic sports directorwho likes to go to the markets and make moves. And beyond the fact that exits can take place, continue to invest, I believe that it is necessary in the world of football to generate capital gains, to continue signing assets, so that Betis is valued on the markets for its ability to achieve good sales. It’s still earlyObviously I cannot deny that we work not only for the January market, but also for the upcoming markets, because it is our obligation as a sports management, but for now I focus on the present, the important matches remaining to close the season and when the market arrives, we will be ready for any eventuality. »
Finally, the sporting director was asked about specific signings, although the Betic player did not want to go into details and was ambiguous: “Well, in the end, in the world of football you never know, anything can happen, if I told you that today we are working with a profile bomb”. Anthony, I would lie to you, but that’s how it is today, isn’t it.or I know what can happen in a week because the world of football is very volatile.
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