ANDhe RCD Mallorca has a rather complicated challenge tomorrow: to play against Betis. Be at the Benito Villamarn, and the objective of the vermilion is to fight to chain three victories in a row in First. After doing it before Cádiz and Athleticthe Balearic team feels confident enough to attack the Balearic fiefdom. Luis García Plaza is aware of the complexity: highlights Betis, their coach and reveals how to try to counteract all the potential franjiverde.
About Betis and its current moment of form: “They are one of the most difficult rivals in Spain. They have a great coach and a great squad. They are third in the league, putting their Copa del Rey and Europa League passes on track. They have high-quality players like Fekir or Canales. They are very high up, along with Madrid. They have a trip in between, but they rotated in Russia. Two or three players will repeat tomorrow”.
In the scoring aspect they are very high, along with Madrid
Manuel Pellegrini, a colleague and friend: “He has been showing for many years that he is a great coach. Malaga, Villarreal, Manchester City. What stands out, above all, is how he does what he achieves. Sometimes he doesn’t get the great recognition he deserves for everything he achieves with his teams. I met him and worked with him in Villarreal, so my appreciation for him is very great”.
Pellegrini sometimes doesn’t get the great recognition he deserves for everything he achieves with his teams
The formula to beat Betis: “The key is to defend well, otherwise it becomes very complicated. And there are two ways to defend, when you don’t have the ball and when you do. Knowing how to do those two things well is vital. Knowing when to press, at what level to do it. also dominate and, with the ball, have the chances that we’ve been having lately. They are better than us on a physical level; taking the ball from them is something vital”.
They are better than us physically; taking the ball away from them is vital
The game system: “We have played six games with 4-4-2 and changing is an option, but repeating is good. These last two games went well for us, but against Villarreal, for example, not so much. So it is an option. If we play With that system there are three clear duos: Valjent and Rallo, Salva and Gallarreta, and Muriqi and ngel”.
Antonio Rallo and Antonio Sanchez: “Rallo is our leader on the field. He has a lot of hierarchy. He understands the game very well in the defensive concept. He reads it, he intuits it, he knows what it’s about. I had a conversation with Sánchez recently. He hit a slump after having good games against Valencia and Sevilla; in Vallecas he was very bad. I spoke with him and he has improved a lot”.
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