Pellegrini: “There is a lot of disappointment, we all wanted to continue”

he Real Betis By Manuel Pellegrini He suffered another failure on Thursday At the continental level, after drawing with Dinamo Zagreb 1-1, a result that meant its exit from the qualifying stage in the European Conference League.

After comparing and The “Engineer” is clearly hurt by what happened on Croatian territory He talked about his team's setback, explaining the remorse present in the green and white team.

“There is a lot of disappointment, we all wanted to continue in Europe. We were already out of the Europa League and could not beat Dinamo. Then there are the circumstances that cannot be abstracted from. “We're all disappointed,” the strategist said.

In the same context, he reiterated that “The team is fighting, but at this level of competition some shortcomings appear that do not allow us to continue In the European League or in the conference. “We are still in La Liga and we will continue to try to qualify again.”

Recalling what happened in the Europa League, the coach stressed, “We could have done something at home with Rangers, who qualified with a draw, but the shortcomings also appeared. This was repeated now against Dinamo Zagreb (in the Conference League).” “We lacked the football to beat a team that was playing well.”

In any case, the Sevilla team coach stressed, “I am never disappointed with a group of players who have managed to qualify for Europe three times in a row in the last three and a half years.”