Manuel Pellegrini He plans that Chelsea is the favorite to win the final of the Conference, despite the big budget difference between both clubs. “I don't know who has the favorite poster. Your budget without a doubt is different, But taking it to the field is very different. We do not feel that Chelsea is a favorite and we will go out to look for the game from the first minute, “said the Betic coach during the Open Media Day held in the Luis del Sol sports city.
The difference between the value of the Chelsea and Betis template is about 800 million euros, but despite this, Pellegrini believes that Betis has the same options to win The final that the Londoners: “It would be easy to hide in favoritism that I personally do not feel. The two teams have the same possibility of winning that final. Then, if it is lost, it is analyzed why it was lost. We are going to leave without thinking about the chelsea budget, but that our game allows us to win that final to a very complicated rival”
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Betis will reach the final with the advantage of have two days of rest And not playing another final on Sunday, like the one that has Chelsea for a place in the Champions League in the Premier: “In football you cannot give advantages, they are not decisive things, but having two more days is an advantage, the team that does not have it has all the reason to claim it,” he said.
Pellegrini has referred to the keys of a final like this: “The fundamental thing for these matches is that excess motivation does not lead to mistakes. Expulsions, penalties, unnecessary offenses … There are experienced players who have played important finals and we try to take this final, with all the importance it has, for the same path that has taken us here. The squad is prepared not to make mistakes.”
Opposite will have to Enzo Maresca, an outstanding student: “De Enzo I can only have positive words. I was lucky to lead him in the last years of his career and then worked with me at the West Ham. He is a technician who is going to have a great career, has already done important things, went up to Leicester to First and his work in Chelsea reflects the intention of studying and learning. It has a great future. “
Maresca said Pellegrini was his football father And they asked him Pellegrini If I hoped not having to fight after the final for behaving badly: “When the children grow up, parents no longer have any authority over them –said pellegrini between smiles-, So there is no possibility. I thank you for Enzo His words, I know him as a player and also out of the field, as a friend. We have had a relationship outside the field many times. I know his passion for football and he learns from everyone. ”
