Pellegrini: “What we lack the least is ambition”

The Chilean coach highlights the good attitude that the green and white team had during the last European match against HJK Helsinki.

Manuel Pellegrini has appeared in a brief press conference after the victory of Real Betis ante el HJK Helsinki in it Benito Villamarin. In this way, the league closes UEFA Conference League as one of the participants in the play-offs prior to the round of 16 of the championship.

It is a very direct team, with little precision but with a lot of attitude

The coach of the green and white team highlights the attitude that the team had throughout the game. He recognizes that the opportunities he has had Real Betis In the ninety minutes they were able to make it 2-0 and go more calmly. Likewise, he describes his people as “a very direct team, with little precision but with a lot of attitude”.

Pellegrini was very forceful when asked about the ambition of his squad at the press conference. The team needed one more goal to be able to place themselves in a more affordable tie. With so much lonely Johnny, he Real Betis will face Gent or Copenhagen in 2025. If they manage to get through the play-offs, they can go to Stamford Bridge to challenge an unstoppable Chelsea. But the Chilean was clear: “The last thing we lack is ambition.”

He has always been reporting that they have been looking for goals “from the beginning to the end.” “Many may doubt that we had little football or success, but never ambition,” he commented emphatically. Manuel Pellegrini.

It is the image of the team

There was also space to talk about Chimy Ávila, one of the main assets of the green and white team. The Argentine has been the player who has created the most opportunities on the pitch, a total of six, according to the app Fotmob. Manuel Pellegrini He praised him to the level of considering the attacker “the image of the team.” The Chilean highly valued his effort in the press conference and took the opportunity to indicate that the same effort that Ávila makes has also been made by the rest of the team.