With a great streak of results in LaLiga behind him, the Real Betis resumes European competition with the firm objective of adding the first victory of the season in the league phase of the Conference League. On this third day, the Verdiblancos receive NK Celjea Slovenian club that has a victory (5-1 against Istanbul Basaksehir) and a defeat (3-1 against Vitória de Guimarães) in the tournament. It will be this Thursday, with the Benito Villamarín as the setting, when the Heliópolis team seeks that long-awaited European victory, in a clash that will begin at 21.00 hours.
Again, Betis faces a European clash at homeas he already did on the second day of the Conference league phase against Copenhagen (1-1). Since then, another match that the Beticos played at home was against Atlético de Madrid, from which they emerged victorious (1-0). On the other hand, this will be the second match of the tournament that Celje plays at homeafter the first day he played in Guimarães. Since then, the Slovenians have won two visitors (1-2 against Maribor and 0-8 against Hodos) and one defeat (4-2 against Radomlje).
The possible alignment of Betis against Celje
There will not be much news for Manuel Pellegrini in terms of player availability, as he will continue to count on the absences of the injured Marc Roca, Carvalho, Lo Celso, Isco and Aitor Ruibalto which we must add the unregistered Iker Losada and Fran Vieitesand the last minute drop of Bellerín. In his place, the coach has included the youth squad Angel Ortiz in the call, as well as Mateo Flores y Jesus Rodriguez. “We have to play a very complete game, not only with the ball, but also without it. Outwardly, it is thought that they are easy opponents, but the coaches know that There is no rival in Europe that is inferior if the maximum is not given.“Pellegrini admitted in a press conference ahead of this clash against Celje.
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Real Betis
Adrian; Sabaly, Bartra, Nathan; Assane, Cardoso, Altimira, John; Chimy Avila and Bakambu.
As usual, rotations are expected in the Betic eleven to receive Celje, so that only players like Bartra, Cardoso, Altimira or Chimy Ávila could repeat the start with respect to the San Mamés Betic lineup from last Sunday.
Celje’s possible lineup against Betis
As for leaving Celje to visit Benito Villamarín, the vast majority are due to players who are not registered in the Conference League. Thus, Albert Riera will not be able to count on goalkeeper Matko Obradovic, center-back Slavko Bralic, left-back Matija Kavcic, midfielders Iñigo Eguaras, Jost Pisek and Artem Sholar, or winger Rolando Aarons. “We are going to try to compete as much as possibleknowing that Betis is a great team, that they are going to have their fans by their side, that they are going to put pressure on us. We have many players who are playing for the first time in Europe and that also marks the player. So let’s see how far we can go,” said the Balearic coach in his interview with ABC de Sevilla.
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NK Celje
Rozman; Nieto, Zec, Vuklisevic, Nemanic; Locksmith; Marko, Seslar, Svetlin, Brnic; y Kucys.
Fewer rotations are expected in the Slovenian team compared to their match last Sunday, in which they received Olimpija Ljubljana (0-1). Thus, Riera could opt for the novelty of Nemanic in defense, as he did in his previous European match against Istanbul Basaksehir.
