OROne of the most anticipated news by fans of the Betis it became official yesterday. At the stroke of two in the afternoon, the Verdiblanco club announced through a video posted on their social media profiles the agreement reached to extend their coach’s contract for two more seasons, Manuel Pellegrini, which will be linked to the Heliopolitan entity from now on until June 30, 2025.
It is, without a doubt, an important announcement for the Verdiblanco project, which has the figure of the Engineer as its cornerstone. A coach who in his first season was able to classify his team to play European competitions and who in his second year, without investment in transfers (all the additions to his squad have been loaned or released players) has the Betis in zone Champions in The league, with almost a disputed lap, and I live in the Cup and the Europa League.
Pellegrini, in a year and a half on the bench Benito Villamarin, has become the coach with the highest percentage of victories in the club’s history (52.17%), has beaten the entity’s record for victories in a calendar year (29 games won in 2021), has equaled its record of goals (92 so many this year that ends) and has at Betis on the podium of The league, something that did not happen when closing a year for almost six decades.
In the Sports Commission, with Angel Haro, López Catalan Y Antonio Cordon to the front, they set the renovation of Pellegrini as a priority for the club. And although he still had a year and a half of his contract ahead of him, they did not want to wait any longer formalizing an agreement that began to take shape a few weeks ago and was practically approved in the visit to Glasgow of the beginning of the month.
In tune with the fans
For him Engineer, who a few days ago surpassed 500 official matches leading Spanish teams and became the American coach with the most matches in the history of The league, your renewal is great news that will allow you to work with greater perspective. “This year and a half I liked it a lot, to extend it more in time was to be able to consolidate a long-term project,” he said yesterday on the club’s official television.
“Betis has to be a solidly structured institution not only in sports matters but also in the training and growth part. Since I arrived I have been treated wonderfully well and there has been good harmony with a massive, demanding, rebellious fans, who have been seen interpreted through the game and the results of this team, “he added Manuel yesterday to the official media.
“Our good moment is based on a realistic project with total commitment from the squad. We finished a spectacular 2021 in the three tournaments, we have been a competitive team and now we have to consolidate it in the first half of 2022,” he concluded. Del plan Betis with Pellegrini continues … and now it will be the turn for other pillars of the project, such as Fekir.
