An hour after Pellegrini’s press conference concluded, Betis has published the squad list for tomorrow’s match that measures the Heliopolitans with the Royal Society and that is transcendental for two closely linked reasons: first to break the streak of games without winning to avoid falling behind in European positions and secondly, to wash away the terrible image offered in the Conference League.
The list made by the Chilean is conditioned again on barrage of casualties with only one piece of pleasant news for the coach as compensation. Of course, the good news means recover a vitally important footballeras much as This is Abde He has already left behind the problem that prevented him from being present in the Conference League duel. The Moroccan international suffered from a viral process that he has now overcome, as he trained today and is at the full disposal of the ‘Engineer’. Important weapon to shake up the Heliopolitan attack.
On the contrary, Pellegrini must overcome a total of seven casualtiesWell, as he already predicted in the preview of the visit to Mestalla, Pablo Fornals has not yet recovered from his injuryjust as they have not arrived on time Héctor Bellerín and Johnny Cardoso.
Isco Alarcón has trained partially this weekbut he has not yet completed his recovery and is still not included in a call-up, which could occur in the next matches. Nobel Mendy is not there eitherwho still has ahead, nor the long-term injured Marc Roca and William Carvalhowhich will hardly reappear in the remainder of the campaign.
To cover these absences, Manuel Pellegrini has turned to Betis Deportivo again with the summons of three players who did not play yesterday with the reserve team to reach the match against Real Sociedad. They are the cases of Mateo Flores, Jesús Rodríguez and Guirao, who returns after not being in the European squad. It is very possible that all three will have minutes and that one of them will start to accompany Sergi Altimira in the midfield, although he could repeat the 4-4-2 used against the Czechs with Celso further back.
This is Betis’ complete list for the very important visit to Real Sociedad in a duel of direct rivals: Rui Silva, Adrian, Fran Vieites, Sabaly, Aitor Ruibal, Marc Bartra, Diego Llorente, Nathan, Ricardo Rodriguez, Perraud, Sergi Altimira, Mateo Flores, Carlos Guirao, Lo Celso, Iker Losada, Assane Diao, Juanmi, Ez Abde, Jesus Rodriguez, Chimy Avila, Vitor Roque and Bakambu.