Pfor the first time since arriving at Betis, the French Nabil Fekir he has missed three consecutive games for his team. He was not last week in the first round of the Copa del Rey, in which his team faced the Alicante, by technical decision (he was a substitute); not on Saturday either, in the league visit to Camp Nou, by accumulation of warnings; nor on Thursday, in the Celtic park, fulfilling the second of the three sanction matches imposed by the UEFA for his expulsion in Leverkusen in front of Bayer.
An unprecedented absence for the world champion in his stage as a green-and-white which, except for surprise, will end tomorrow, in the duel against the Real society. An encounter with the stalls Champions at stake for who Pellegrini prepare an eleven full of news. Beginning with Fekir, with which to try to impose a very high pace of play to seek that the greatest physical exhaustion of the Donostiarras on Thursday, who played the pass in the Europa League with almost all of its headlines, it can take its toll on them.
The Frenchman, as usual since he landed in Heliópolis in the summer of 2019, is the offensive reference for the Verdiblancos. Players like Juanmi, Willian jose or Borja Iglesias placeholder image are seeing the door more easily than him (he only adds two goals in The league this course). But nobody equals him when it comes to creating scoring chances (39, including three assists), shooting on goal (43 shots, including blocked ones) or causing fouls from opponents (33, with 10 in the last third of the field).
A tremendous offensive volume that allows him to attract numerous rivals and generate spaces for his teammates, which footballers like the aforementioned Juanmi they are taking advantage of it perfectly. Thus, two weeks after its last appearance, Fekir will seek to lead the attack of his team in a game “of six points”, as defined Pellegrini this Thursday, against one of the Verdiblancos’ direct rivals this season.
Renovation on track
Despite his absence from the expedition to Glasgow by sanction, Fekir was the protagonist in the previous one when the president of the Betis, Angel Haro, was questioned regarding the renewal of French. An agreement to extend his contract for two or three more years, which expires in 2023, which, as MARCA has been reporting, is completely on track and in the absence of only small details and the formality of the rubric, for which the right moment is sought for various reasons.
“There is a predisposition of both parties to reach an understanding. I am optimistic and he is also for the work. Until it is embodied in a signature, nothing has to be made definitive. It is close, but we have not signed yet” , prudently acknowledged Haro on Wednesday. A near renovation for that Fekir remain the leader of the Betis, starting with tomorrow’s game against the Real society, in which he hopes to help his team continue to dream of ambitious goals.
