He Bétis visited yesterday Zagreb measure yourself against Dynamo Croatian on the sixth day of the Europa League championship stage. The green and white team competes for fifth consecutive season European competition. Never before have I managed to accumulate so many consecutive participations … in international tournaments and last year he also made history by reaching his first continental final. The work of Manuel Pellegrini With the different footballers it has at its disposal, it has been essential for Betis to consolidate itself in European football. With the Chilean, the team went from the fight for permanence to the enthusiasm of winning a European title, which was what the duo comprised. Ángel Haro and José Miguel López Catalánwhich became yesterday the managers who led the club for the most matches in its entire history.
The Zagreb duel was the number 470 since assuming the position of president and vice-president of Betis. In this way they exceeded the 469 in which Manuel Ruiz de Lopera He was the president of the entity. However, the former president of Betic was CEO for two periods (1992-1995 and 2006-2010), with José León serving as president.
The 470 matches of Haro and López Catalán envisage 373 League (with 147 victories, 127 defeats and 99 draws), 39 in the King’s Cup (with 25 wins, five losses and nine draws), one of the Spanish Super Cups (a defeat), 38 in Europa League (with 19 victories, nine defeats and ten draws) and 19 Conference League matches (with nine victories, five defeats and five draws).
After the first stages of its mandate during which the club did not obtain the expected results at the sporting level, the Heliopolitan entity managed to consolidate itself at national and European level. Beyond the already mentioned continuous presence in international competitions, led by Haro and López Catalán, the team managed to accumulate ten consecutive seasons in the highest category of Spanish football, something it had not achieved since the 80s.
To all this must be added the modernization of the club’s infrastructure and organization which was carried out during the mandate which began in February 2016 after the memorable general assembly of September 2015. The construction of the new stadium was the culmination of this renovation. The club is immersed in this process, waiting for it to start moving forward at the desired speed, knowing that Haro has already recognized this week that there will be at least three years that Betis will stay at the La Cartuja stadium.
A future full of hope
Already looking towards the round of 16 of the Europa League, with the team fighting for fourth place in the league which will give it the possibility of competing in the Champions League, excited by the Copa del Rey which brought so much joy to the green and white parish and with Manuel Pellegrini already renewed, the future is more than promising for a Betis which has succeeded with the help of its current leaders and which, after a long road, aspires to the successes to which its team has always aspired.
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