Chimy Ávila claimed his leading role in Mestalla despite the fact that he entered the field just after the green and white debaclewhen the three goals in a row from the Valencians left the game practically doomed. The striker entered alongside Bakambu and Lo Celso and pulled on his talent and resources to give Betis some hope when there was still about half an hour left.
So, The Argentine scored 4-2 with a great maneuver on the edge to create an impossible shot for the goalkeeper.. A goal that only served to disguise the result, but that is worth Chimy to vindicate himself just now that Betis is obliged to immediately pay more money for his signingsealed last January.
And at the time, in addition to the four million euros in fixed costs, Betis and Osasuna agreed on variables for games played that amounted to 700,000 euros, divided into two tranches of 350,000 euros. subject to the dispute of a total of 22 official matches regardless of the minutes spent on the field of play. And today, at Mestalla, Chimy has played his 22nd match with the Heliopolitan teamso the La Palmera club is obliged to already disburse 350,000 euros corresponding to half of what was agreed. The rest is pending for him to play another 22 more games, an objective that remains to be seen if he will be able to meet.
There was talk at the time of a possible departure in January, due to the interest of different clubs, especially from Mexico, but The striker has started to count more for Pellegriniconsidering it when he opted for two forwards and today being the first change, so the door to leaving is now closed.
In another order of things, Chimy evaluated the match against Valencia in a mixed zone, ensuring that conceding three goals in such a short time had never happened to him. “It hadn’t happened to me. As the coach said, a ten-minute mistake costs you the game. And more, a game like this on a field like this with everything they were risking. They took advantage of those ten minutes of the second half and closed it out,” said the man from Rosario, who cannot find an explanation.
“I don’t know, it’s complicated. I don’t want to wash my hands, but we were taken aback. “We tried to get the ball with Lo Celso and we scored a goal, but against an opponent like that it is difficult to score against them again,” commented Ávila, who believes that they could have tied if they had pushed harder. “On the one hand I am happy to convert, but I think that if we had accelerated more in those 15 or 20 minutes that remained, we could have equalized. We didn’t know how to keep the tie or win. “I’m leaving sad because I don’t like losing, not even with my daughter,” he said.