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Betis and Real Sociedad seek to maintain their European streak and touch first place in their groups

MADRID, 12 Oct.

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Betis and Real Sociedad seek to maintain their European streak and touch first place in their groups

MADRID, 12 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Real Betis and Real Sociedad will try to maintain their great start to the 2022-2023 Europa League group stage this Thursday and maintain their full points in the respective visits by AS Roma and Sheriff Tiraspol to get closer to first place which gives the prize of avoiding a crossing.

At the moment, the Verdiblanco and Realist sides have made a strong start in the second continental competition and have their qualification for the next phase well on track, especially the former, who could even seal their pass as first in the group. Together with Germany's Freiburg and Belgium's Union Saint-Gilloise, they are the only teams to have won their first three games.

Manuel Pellegrini's team will be the one to open the Spanish representation in this Europa League matchday with a visit to the Benito Villamarín Stadium (6:45 p.m.) of a much more needy AS Roma after losing the week in the Olympic of the City of Rome against current Copa del Rey champion.

The goals of Guido Rodríguez and Luiz Henrique traced the initial penalty from Paulo Dybala, a great absence due to injury in those of Jose Mourinho who already have two defeats in the group stage and who cannot fail in Heliópolis in a duel that appears attractive .

Betis is in a good moment of form and hopes to capture it against an important rival, who will arrive with the lesson learned from what happened in the Eternal City and who will try to be the first to get something valuable this campaign from the Verdiblanco fiefdom, which until At the moment he has celebrated victories in his five games in the two competitions and that he will enjoy his team again almost a month later since the Betis have had three consecutive games away from home.

Despite the entity of the Italian team, Pellegrini, who will again have Nabil Fekir out, maintained his rotation policy between this Europa League and LaLiga Santander, and it seems unlikely that he will change it despite the importance of three points that could mean the pass and first place if the Bulgarian Ludogorets do not beat the Finnish Helsinki. The victory and the tie would also give only the ticket without taking into account other results.

For its part, AS Roma need the victory to strengthen their chances of fighting Betis for first place because any other result will take them away from that goal and force them to seek second place against Ludogorets.

Last weekend the 'giallorosso' team continued its recovery in Serie A with its second consecutive victory by beating Lecce (2-1) and staying four points off the top, although the worst news was the injury of a player key like Dybala.

For its part, at 9:00 p.m., it will be the turn of a Real Sociedad that is animated and that hopes to repeat victory over the Moldovan Sheriff Tiraspol to take another step towards first place in their group.

Imanol Alguacil's team already prevailed last week with some clarity by 0-2 and now they will look for another 'comfortable' victory at the Reale Arena that confirms their great moment of form, reflected in the five consecutive victories they have accumulated in all competitions .

At the moment, the San Sebastian team leads its group with nine points, three above English Manchester United, so its fourth victory in the competition would qualify it for the next phase, but in no case the first place, for which it it would be worth a tie in the two remaining days.

Facing a complicated visit to Balaídos in LaLiga Santander this weekend, Alguacil recovers Ander Gorosabel and has the absences of, in addition to Umar Sadiq and Mikel Oyarzabal, Mohamed-Ali Cho and Ander Barranetxea, and could give minutes to players like Le Normand and Igor Zubeldia, who need rhythm after recovering from injury, or Carlos Fernández, to rest Alexander Sorloth or Takefusa Kubo.

For his part, Sheriff Tiraspol, who is not being as combative as last year in the Champions League, arrives in San Sebastián in need. The Transnistrian side have three points and must win to continue their qualification aspirations.