In the preview of the match between Real Betis and Manchester United for the round of 16 of the UEFA Europa League, Manuel Pellegrini, technical director of the Spanish team, spoke at the press conference. Of course, after losing 4-1 in the first leg, it is very difficult for the Spanish team to qualify for the next round. “The first and most important thing is to believe in it, to try from the first minute to the end and think that it can be overturned”declared the Chilean optimistic.

However, and beyond the strictly football one, there was a factor that caused a stir on social networks. Is that the former manager of Manchester City, Villareal and many other clubs changed his cut and the repercussions were not slow to show.

The engineer, 69 years old, who in recent years it has been characterized by the haircut eardrum, has made a dramatic change to his image. Her new look is marked by fringes that cover almost the entire forehead. Faced with this change, memes, especially on Twitter, have not been slow to become present.

“Pellegrini Ringo Star is beautiful”, “Engineer Pepitito Pellegrini Marrone doesn’t exist, he can’t hurt you”, were just some of the many tweets.

It is true that beyond his new look and memes, Pellegrini and his team will need to have a highly effective and error-free game in order to continue in the race in the second-tier European competition in importance. “The important thing is that people believe they can come back through football, doing good things with the ball and being strong in pressing, even if they will also understand that if they eliminate us, it will be a great player in Europe, but don’t hesitate, we will give everything and you never know what can happen”Pellegrini explained.

The ingenuity of Twitter users