MAnuel Pellegrini, Betis coach, highlighted the good first half performed by his team in the visit to the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez in Getafe, although he regretted that he was not able to see himself reflected on the scoreboard and that his players ended up being diluted in the second half against a rival very intense that the permanence was played.
Rating of the draw
“We were playing against a very difficult team, we had a very good first half, we had scoring chances to have opened the scoring, and a second half in which we diluted ourselves, we practically didn’t reach Getafe’s goal, it was their credit as well as close well, we didn’t have offensive depth. A time for each team is just enough and we add one more point. We always want to add three, but with a team that is fighting for salvation there is always an excess of motivation that prevented us from finding the spaces to hurt him. If we had opened in the first half in the three or four occasions that we had, maybe the game would change”.
What was your team missing?
“Perhaps we were feeling the rhythm of the week. We had a lot of physical and emotional exhaustion, that’s why the first half left me quite happy. And in the second we diluted, we must also give credit to Getafe who closed well behind and we couldn’t find the spaces despite the fact that we made offensive variations to keep trying to get in on both flanks. At least the team maintained defensive security and concentration that didn’t allow Getafe to create chances”.
Options to enter the Champions
“Well, as I’ve always said, as long as the math is good, we have to play it on the pitch. Today we discount a point, now it will depend on the game we play at home against Barcelona to try to keep remembering points, also against Barça, who are rivals But there are still four games left and we’re going to keep fighting until the end”.
What do you think of the debate in the hallway between Atlético and Real Madrid?
“The truth is that I already have enough to correct the problems with Betis to see if they are going to make a corridor or not. We are focused on something else, that depends on the teams, on the way of thinking, on the way to be, and I do not give my opinion on that subject”.
Have the Cup celebrations had an influence?
“Well… I don’t think the celebration of the Cup had much influence because at least for my taste we had a very good first 45 minutes, at a high level, where defensively Getafe didn’t have the slightest chance of becoming a goal and we had three or four chances between quite clear shots and saves by the goalkeeper. We gradually faded and one never knows the exact reason, whether it’s physical wear or Getafe’s merit”.
How do you get out of Getafe?
“We left with a point more than we arrived, we continue fighting. We would have loved to have all added three, now we have to try to add the three at home, there are direct confrontations between the rivals that are above us, there is much to fight. We add a point that is valuable, but less important than having achieved all three”.
The corridor from Getafe to Betis
“I think that everything that is fair play in football and having exemplary behavior both on and off the field will always favor activity. So I am very happy that Getafe wanted to do it, we received it in a friendly way and then we played a very disputed match, intense”.
