Pablo García, between the U19 team and the opportunity against Real Madrid

Pablo García is one of the options Manuel Pellegrini could count on at Real Betis to replace Antony, who may be suspended after being shown a straight red card in Getafe in Saturday's match against Real Madrid. The youth player already made a good debut with the seniors in the victory in Mallorca and continued in the final minutes against Athletic. He then returned to Betis Deportivo and the youth team in the División de Honor, with whom he played the Youth League matches against Bayern and the Copa del Rey matches against Real Madrid and Atlético to reach the final four.

However, the Seville winger will not be able to participate in the week of training with the Betis first team prior to the clash against the Madrid players because he has been called up by the Spanish under-19 team for two friendly matches tomorrow and Thursday against Norway in Alicante . In this way, Pablo García would return to be able to be in Seville on Friday and it remains to be seen whether Pellegrini includes him in the squad that day based on his performance or not.

Pablo García's presence with the under-19 team rewards his good work in the Betis youth academy, with whom he recently renewed his contract until 2029. The Sevillian is travelling with goalkeeper Manu González and right-back Óscar Masqué to this training camp to put himself under the orders of Paco Gallardo. In recent times, three Betis players were also in this national team: Yanis, Jesús Rodríguez and Assane , who were proclaimed European under-19 champions last summer.

The Betis first team did not train on Monday and will do so on Tuesday in preparation for Saturday's match at Villamarín. Pablo Fornals has already had a couple of sessions with the team and is now aiming to be the main alternative for Pellegrini, although they also want to be careful with the Valencian due to his previous relapse, so if the allegations do not prosper, Aitor appears as a more reliable option. In addition, it is expected that players such as Souleymane Faye will be able to be with the seniors this week after standing out in the reserve team at the start of the season, although Arzu's men are going through a bad moment in terms of play and results.