Manuel Pellegrini has opted for caution with Lo Celso and has opted for a gradual return to the playing fields once he has recovered from the injury suffered in the October concentration in Argentina and that forced him to miss six games, three of them in the league competition.
So, against Celta he was left on the bench and given 34 minutes due to the circumstances of the matchacknowledging in the run-up to the match against Valencia that he played more than he would have liked. He also did not start against Baraja’s team after returning from his commitments with Argentina and only used him for 33 minutes. when the challenge had already become impossible for the Heliopolitans after the three goals in a row by the locals in Mestalla.
The player from Rosario is expected to start in Sunday’s match against Real Sociedad in San Sebastian.as the backbone of the Betic game and its main offensive argument. And Pellegrini does not want any more setbacks with a footballer as decisive as Lo Celso and He has preferred to take precautions, knowing that he is one of the most punished footballers in LaLiga and it is always very exposed.
Not in vain, The green and white footballer occupies the podium of the footballers with the most fouls received in LaLiga despite the fact that he has only played eight of the 14 games played by Betis in the domestic tournament, which gives an idea of the continuous infractions he receives, a reflection that his rivals find no other way to stop him.
In this sense, The Betic star has suffered 31 fouls so far in the championshipwhich represents an average of 3.8 per crash and places him as the third LaLiga player who has been stopped the most times in this way; only the Madrid player surpasses him in total number of fouls Vinicius and Chrisantus Uchefrom Getafe.
The Brazilian has received a total of 40 fouls so far, nine more than the Heliopolitan, but in 13 games, so its average of 3 is lower. The same happens with the azulón, which They have made 37 fouls in 14 duelswhich leads to an average of 2.6, well below that of Lo Celso. The ‘top five’ is completed by Barcelona player Lamine Yamal, Yangel Herrera (Girona), Take Kubo (Real Sociedad) and Samu Costa (Mallorca), with 26 each.