Pellegrini spoke about Betis’ defeat in the Conference League: “Football is like that”

Manuel Pellegrini analyzed the defeat Betis in view of Legia in Warsaw with a score of 1:0 in his debut match in UEFA Conference League. The Chilean coach criticized himself for his lack of creativity and praised his opponents, explaining the Seville team’s poor result.

Despite the fact that he controlled the ball for a long time, Betis failed to commit dangerous actions on the porch of the Polish team, which was even close to increasing its numbers.

“Engineer” Pellegrini did not escape self-criticism and admitted at a press conference that “I expected more. We weren’t creativewe had no mobility against a team that defended well and a corner was enough to win the game. It seemed like we could play another 90 minutes and not hurt him. The performances are a little strange, but that’s football.”

“The game is not always the same. We have a squad, and with its help we have to play in three tournaments. We have little creativity without Isco, William, Lo Celso, and that’s what was missing today. We had the desire, but we didn’t.” to harm them,” added the Chilean Betis coach.

Pellegrini explains Betis’ poor performance

On the same line Pellegrini insisted that “there was a lack of creativity, we didn’t create a single shot or much danger. It is impossible to draw clear conclusions based on one game. “I hope we achieve classification, which is the goal.”

Regarding this Thursday’s opponent, the coach said that “we knew the quality of their players and we had some security, at least in defense, which helped us try to get a draw. These are three very important points for Legia at home that will help them get classified.

Pellegrini anticipated the classic match between Betis and Sevilla

In conclusion, the Betis coach mentioned the classic game of the weekend against Sevilla: “I don’t think this match will affect the derby“neither win nor lose.”

“On Sunday we will start the game from the very beginning. Today we tried, but we were not creative,” concluded Pellegrini.