Betis avoids Chelsea and will be measured to the Portuguese Vitoria in the eighths of the Conference League

Real Betis was lucky and will face, with the first leg at Benito Villamarín, to the Vitoria Guimaraes Portuguese in the round of 16 of the League League 2024-2025, as the raffle held this Friday in Nyon (Switzerland).

In this way, the Andalusian team, classified from the ‘playoff’ after eliminating the Belgian Gent, managed to avoid crossing with the powerful English Chelsea, candidate for the title, although in front will have a rival who raised at a good level in the league phase and before which he will try to get among the eight best in the competition with a tie that will be played between March 6 and 13.

The Vitoria finished the first phase in the second position of the Liguilla and without losing any of its six games, with four victories (Celje, Djugarden, Mlada Boleslav and Sant Gallen) and two draws (Fiorentina and Astana). In addition, this Conference League is playing after overcoming three previous rounds and playing since the end of July.

Currently, the team that trains Luis Freire marches in the seventh position of the Portuguese League with 31 points, 13 points of the European positions, and among its ranks, in which there is a Spaniard, the defense Óscar Rivas, the Brazilian striker stands out Gustavo Silva, his best scorer although he has unpublished injury in this 2025.

In the event that Manuel Pellegrini’s team will overcome this rival, in the quarterfinals he would cross with the winner of the duel between the Polish Jagielon entity except the Italian Fiorentina, finalist of the last two editions, and the Panathinaikos Greek, since the great favorite, the Chelsea, I would only see him in the final.