World News – USA – Manuel Pellegrini’s Smile – Inspired Traveler

It sure turns out that Manuel Pellegrini is standing in front of the lemon yellow that Villarreal wears, the club where the Chilean has trained more than anywhere else. 251 official games in five campaigns, in which he touched the Champions League final (2006) and was runner-up in the league (2008) before making the leap into Real Madrid’s super elite. Even more earthly, now in Heliopolis, the engineer faces his former team with a smile: he has played five times against the club that made the leap to Europe possible, with a positive record of three wins, one draw and only one defeat.

Everything is so compressed that Betis would leave Villarreal just one win away if they win this after-dinner (watch the game live on As. com). The Yellows lose little, but they count their last three league bets as a tie, which weighed on the best start in their history. Emery built a solid block that reacted well in almost all scenarios except one black night at Camp Nou (4-0). But he has to earn more in order to distance himself from the other European suitors. Today Emery will miss the gunpowder of Paco Alcácer and Bacca, both injured, and trusting Gerard Moreno’s wisdom and Kubo’s speed to begin to surprise Betis.

Embedded in a deep institutional and economic crisis, the Verdiblancos breathed with a win against Osasuna. Pellegrini brings the Algerian Mandi back on defense, but all indications are that the 11 imposed in Pamplona will not change much. His hope, three points that will put him above himself and dispel the illusions of changing the power of an opposition that stands up for the mythical Serra Ferrer. This is football: nothing unites more will than the ball when it hits the opponent’s goal.

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