Good morning, it's match day, it's Conference League Final in Ratchelab.

It's Chelsea against Real Betis.

By way of introducing you to Betis, and I'm not going to concentrate on Chelsea because I haven't

looked at too much of Mineska's team this season, I have been down to bettys to interview players

and the coach and therefore let's focus on real bettis a little bit and start with the

man who and this is a non-perjorative description has always reminded me of an Easter

Island statue gaunt granite chin, hard face.

Manua Pellegrini doesn't smile a lot.

But what he does and has always done is turn out teams that want the ball and then process it quickly.

Teams that like to catch you with your pants down, teams that play wide, whether

it's penetrating runs on the break or whether it's getting the ball to the wild players and asking

them to take on their fullbacks, two things that I absolutely adore. Across his career, and I very

well remember him coming to Villarreal, I was at the last press conference of the previous coach

when it was announced that this Chilean man

would be taking over.

And what fun we had while I was correspondent for Villarreal

down there in a couple of years

before I moved on to other European clubs.

What an extraordinary time with the Kelmia

at his very best, playing absolutely beautifully.

Soren, the little madman at full back.

And a real side, which against all the odds, because budget doesn't win you everything,

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