without much emotion, real Madrid Y Calves they drew without a goal in the last game of the LaLiga season for two. The against Santiago Bernabeu This is one reason for local technical director, Carlo Ancelotti, who has arranged the details for the most important match to come: the one on Saturday 28 May in Paris, where he will play in the Champions League final against Liverpool.

For the Chilean -led Marcelo Pellegrini, This is the chance to win and hope that the result of another game will allow him to put his team in the next Champions League. But only 0 to 0 confirmed his participation in the next European League. Both the champions, the venue of the tournament and the visiting Copa del Rey, went down blind in the season with battles as gentlemen.

What does that mean? That Pellegrini -led has not put any extra foot in respect for the club that, ultimately, will represent Spanish football in the final of the most important club tournament on that continent. Ang Meringue, nor doubled the effort to get the last three points at stake. .

The real stakeholder in the battle is Marcelo, who after 16 seasons played his last game in a Real Madrid shirt at the Bernabeu. The final farewell was to Paris, where he could win his fifth Big ears -four wins- and even not knowing where he will pursue his career he misses them. He is the player with the most titles at the club: 24 in 545 games and 38 goals.

“He hasn’t said goodbye yet, he’s still our captain. He’ll be our captain in Paris. If he eventually says goodbye, one of the best full-backs in the world will leave. I think Marcelo is talking to the club, I don’t know, “Ancelotti hopes. after the game, at a press conference.

The battle

After a slow first half, in the second half Karim Benzema, LaLiga’s top scorer with 27 goals, had no goal to score in the clearest imbalance action Vinícius had developed. Betis confirmed fifth place in the standings with points and could take the victory three minutes from the end but Joaquín forgave all in his favor to score.

“I rate the season 10 points. Outstanding. We won the Copa del Rey, we were able to improve our position in the league standings, we improved goals for and against … we left the Europa League against to the champion in the 120th minute and we can pass. In the League, we fight until the last date (for Champions positions) against very financially strong institutions, which have double or triple the budget than us “, celebration by Pellegrini after the match.

In the same line, Ancelotti also praised the collective work of his managers and described his team’s performance with another “good mark”.

“It’s a very high grade for the League because it’s a season where we started well and finished better. Sometimes we played well, sometimes less but we were always committed. I prefer working together, but there is also the individual highlight in the battles of Courtois, Karim and Vinícius ”, the Italian DT appreciates.

Next stop, Paris

At a press conference, Ancelotti left open the possibility of Gareth Bale saying goodbye to the final against Liverpool “He’s not a replacement (against Betis) because he can’t go there. He wants to play to say goodbye to the stadium and the fans, but he has one last chance because I think Bale will go to the final, ”he said.

In that sense, he has also confirmed that David Alaba will be able to play against Liverpool and has not confirmed whether Rodrygo will be a starter or replacement in the big event in Paris.