Manuel Pellegrini, coach of Real Betis and of the Mexicans Andrés Guardado and Diego Lainez, denied his departure of the Spanish team to join the Chilean Selection after the departure of coach Martín Lasarte after the World Cup failure, while preparing his match against Cádiz in LaLiga.
Being the main candidate to assume the technical direction of Chile for the World Cup 2025 , the former coach of Manchester City and Real Madrid took advantage of the opportunity to distance himself from any possibility of assuming the Chilean bench, after statements by the president of the Chilean federation (ANFP) Pablo Milad, who indicated that he was had offered the position of coach.
“Lor first, I want to deny that the president of the Federation (from Chile) has spoken with a person I know saying figures that do not correspond; secondly, my issue with the national team, I have already said 20 times, I would love to manage the national team at some point Chilean, but I like managing clubs more than national teams. It is not to compare them but because of the weekly work. I have a contract here until 2025, I like to fulfill my contracts. On that side, I am not seeing an alternative to leaving Betis for the national team”, commented Pellegrini.
Planning to go to the ‘Champions’
The first step to overcome is Cádiz to maintain the illusion of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League and will seek to get the three points with the inclusion in the squad of Andrés Guardado and Diego Lainez.
On the other hand, Betis also recovered Borja Iglesias, Sergio Canales and Nabil Fekir, although the engineer lost Rui Silva and the suspended William Carvalho.
On the other hand , Manuel Pellegrini assured that another way to qualify for a European Cup is through the Copa del Rey where they will dispute the title against Valencia next 23 of April. “The best way to prepare for the Cup final is for the team to have a high performance”, he also added that Betis has “two paths to reach Europe” and the objective will be achieved depending on the “performance and maturity of the players ”.
Real Betis is in fifth position, 4 points behind second place, where FC Barcelona and level on points with Atlético de Madrid and Sevilla.
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