Pellegrini: “We deserved the win earlier”
The Chilean coach of Betis, Manuel Pellegrini, stated that his team deserved to win before the penalty shootout because he sent two balls to the post and that they were superior in the game and the scoring chances of a game that they controlled.
Regarding the penalties, launched by the five players who entered throughout the match, he pointed out that he scheduled the launches right at the end of the match and that perhaps the circumstance that they were more rested could influence the goals.
He stressed that this success is added to a good season in the League and in the Europa League and commented that in the five remaining games of the Spanish championship, the objective is, starting on Tuesday and after enjoying this success, fight for a position Champions League as long as math gives them.
He did not want to compare the satisfaction of this title with what was achieved in other clubs such as Villarreal, Real Madrid or Malaga, with five wonderful years, a league not won with 96 points and the Champions League disputed with Malagabut he recalled that in Spain he only had one Intertoto Cup title with Villarreal.
“We are going to try to think about reaching the top”, Pellegrini summarized the current moment of the team, after indicating that the three photos that remain of the final are the departure from the hotel, the arrival at La Cartuja and the moment in which the fifth penalty was awarded.