Real Betis beat Mallorca at home last Sunday (2-1) and showed why it is one of the top three clubs in the major European leagues in the last ten games, according to Transfermarkt. And it is that those of Manuel Pellegrini they have only lost one of those matches, the one on matchday 23 against Villarreal. This Thursday, they will seek to extend their streak by receiving at home the zenith of Saint Petersburg, around the Europa League play-offs which gives access to the round of 16.
The Betis arrive at the second leg of the tie in one of their best moments of the season and they will seek to “defend”, or taking into account their offensive style of play, attack the 2-3 they achieved in Russia, thanks to goals from Guido Rodriguez, Willian Jose, and Andres Guardado.
For the playoff, Pellegrini will have the casualties of Miranda and rodry, who already missed the match against Mallorca. What’s more, Montoya and camera They are also still in the infirmary, although none of them is registered to play in the Europa League.
For his part, the midfielder Channels Yes, he could be a starter against Zenit, after overcoming the coronavirus, which already made him miss the first leg. Together with him, Fekir will also enter into Pellegrini’s plans, after definitively fulfill his sanction three games in European competition after the red card he saw against Bayer Leverkusen in the group stage of the tournament, for grabbing the neck of demirbay.
Although the former Madrid coach explained that “the players they have no problem playing three games a week“, with the good result of the first leg and taking into account charging minutes that the Cantabrian and the French accumulate in their legs, the Chilean coach I could rotate them this Thursday to give them more break.
The Verdiblanco coach already expressed his opinion about playing three competitions before the Mallorca match: “Playing from Thursday to Sunday generates wear and tear, especially when there is a trip involved. We try to dose in the physical plane and gesticulate in the mind point. There is a very strong emotional charge in each game. It is the only way to try to stay in three competitions and we have to face it as if we were playing a final”, he commented.