Football returns to Mestalla. Twenty-five days after the tragedy that struck their province, Valencia resumes the competition this Saturday with an urgent need to win.while Betis insists on its European aspirations, although the match willThere will only be a few protagonists: those affected by DANA. Neither the vital urgencies of a team that left the bottom competition and is still in the same position, nor the good state of form of the green and white team, which although it does not finish chaining victories it does not lose either, will surpass in emotions the memory of the victims who Valencia plans to perform in the preview.
Now, the reality is that Valencia’s problems are pressing and, beyond that tribute in which Betis also wants to be, Rubén Baraja’s team has the imperative to win so as not to sink even further in the standings. He will do it with José Luis Gayà, finally recovered to one hundred percent and who will be the protector of the left side and the captain’s armband. Hugo Duro will also be back, injured in Getafe but who has already improved enough, although Pepelu will not be there, sanctioned still for his expulsion against Las Palmas.
For its part, itManuel Pellegrini’s team arrive after adding eight of the last twelve possible points to consolidate their aspirations for European positions of the classification, although it does so after a national team break that has left the notable consequences of the loss of American midfielder Johnny Cardoso. His absence, together with the losses of Marc Roca, Isco Alarcón, the Portuguese William Carvalho and Pablo Fornals’ last-minute one leaves the Betic midfield almost squarewhich will force Pellegrini to adjust pieces and introduce tactical variations in his classic scheme of two midfielders and three playmakers.
The return of Lo Celso to the eleven
In any case, Pellegrini follows the textbook when considering that there is no need to think about those who are not there and that, beyond the drawings, what is important are individual performances. In return for his losses, the Chilean also It does have one of its most decisive footballers, the Argentine Giovani Lo Celso, who has exercised normally after returning from his training camp with Argentina after overcoming a muscle injury due to which he missed two league games before reappearing in the last one against Celta. The man from Rosario will be the axis of the green and white creation in his return to ownership.