Real Betis will have to postpone their match against Navalcarnero, originally scheduled for tonight at the Santo Domingo stadium, and the match is expected to be played on Thursday, November 12, during the national team break. The decision of the Royal Spanish Football Federation to suspend the event is due to the serious train accident that occurred in Urda, Toledo, which caused numerous fatalities and forced the cancellation of the 24 matches scheduled for that Wednesday.
Betis will return from its trip to Madrid at 5:30 p.m., but the coaching staff, headed by Manuel Pellegrini, has ruled out the possibility of playing on Thursday. The proximity of other commitments, such as the league match against Málaga on Saturday and the visit to Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League the following Wednesday, make adding an additional match complicated. In addition, the team will face the Seville derby on November 21 and Slovan Bratislava in the Champions League on November 24, which leaves very little room to reschedule the appointment with Navalcarnero.
The new date, if confirmed, will mean that Betis will play without the players called up by their national teams, a circumstance that the Chilean coach will have to consider when planning the match. The alternatives of playing on Thursday, although they had been considered, were ruled out by the coaching staff. The RFEF has not yet issued an official confirmation, but everything indicates that the match will be held on November 12, during the national team break.
Betis' schedule for the second round of the Copa del Rey, scheduled for December 1, 2 and 3, becomes even tighter. Before that date, the team must complete the visit to Borussia Dortmund, the Seville derby and the game against Slovan Bratislava. Then, on December 8, they will face Como in the Cup, and the round of 32 of the competition will be played between December 15 and 17. With so many commitments, the search for a new date for the match with Navalcarnero presents itself as an important logistical challenge.