Pellegrini: Betis missed several scoring opportunities, we should have secured the victory as soon as possible

In the first round of La Liga in the early morning of this morning, Betis drew 1-1 away with the newly promoted Elche. Betis coach Pellegrini was interviewed after the game.

Betis scored a goal in the 21st minute and took the lead, but Elche scored a goal with Varella in the 81st minute. Betis shot 12 times in the game, four of which were on the right side, while Elche had only two shots on the right side. Pellegrini said first: "Elche had only one chance in the first and second half, one of which formed a shot, and the other was the last goal. And we had four or five very obvious scoring opportunities, and we could have locked the victory early to end the game. I was satisfied with the overall performance of the team, but not with the final result."

Then Pellegrini said: "We missed the opportunity to lead 2-0, we had three or four very good scoring opportunities. If we could seize any of them, the game would end early. And this missed opportunity usually comes at a price, just like we were equalized by our opponents in the final stage."

Pellegrini continued: "Whether it was offense or defense, the overall performance of the team was excellent today. During the game The weather was hot, we did what we had to do on a very difficult day, and we created several great scoring opportunities. I don't want to talk about the players' performance, but the overall performance of the team satisfies me both offense and defense. "

Pellegrini also pointed out: "After Elche saw that we missed a great chance to win three or four times, they regained their courage and started putting pressure on us, they used one of our mistakes in the penalty area to score goals. This could happen when the opportunity was created but it didn't translate into a goal."

Finally, Pellegrini said: "I'm still satisfied with the performance of the first game of the new season. I always thought it was a good result to get 1 point in the away game, but today we lost 2 points."