Manuel Pellegrini, Betis coach, valued his team’s victory against Villarreal. “The victory is very important, it was a direct rival, which is a very good team at home and with the whole week to prepare for the match. The team spirit has been commendable. In the first time we were superior and in the second half we had to resist with 10″
“I see Chimy’s expulsion as a general issue. I think that in red cards and penalties should be mandatory of the referee to go check it. It’s a trip, yellow card. If they always checked that It would improve football a lot. There should be no shame in going to see it, referees make mistakes like everyone else. The red one was absurd, unfair. I just told him to go watch the play. The VAR must be an ally and not an enemy,” he stated about the expulsion of Chimy Ávila.
“The second goal was important because It gave us a lot of peace of mind. It was difficult for them to center, there were some dangerous crosses but in general terms we managed the match well. It was the third game of the week and after traveling from Moldova”, Pellegrini added.
“Some occasions they were going to create us with one less player, but we did a very good job defensively. 11 against 11 they almost didn’t shoot on goal. The important thing is that we achieved the three points. Now we have a December break. The goal is to be well classified in all competitions. And achieve as many points as possible. We will leave the objectives for later, I can only congratulate the players”, he concluded.
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