Granada beat Betis 2-0 this Sunday, which is its second consecutive win to equalize in fifth position in the table with Barcelona, while the Betis team sees the improvement it had experienced in the last weeks.
Two goals from Roberto Soldado, the first from a penalty, in just six minutes before the first quarter of the match ended gave the locals a clear advantage that they managed with a great defensive work before a Betis that was as impulsive throughout the match as harmless.
2
Granada
Rui Silva; Foulquier, Germán, Domingos Duarte, Carlos Neva; Gonalons, Luis Milla (Yan Eteki, m.79), Yangel Herrera; Machís (Kenedy, m.61), Luis Suárez (Jorge Molina, m.79) and Soldado (Antonio Puertas, m.57).
0
Betis
Joel; Emerson, Bartra, Víctor Díaz, Miranda; Guido Rodríguez (Tello, m.46), William (Mandi, m.92); Aitor Ruibal (Juanmi, m.46), Rodri (Borja Iglesias, m.64), Fekir; and Sanabria (Loren, m.64).
- goals:
1-0, M.14: Soldier, from penalty. 2-0, M.20: Soldier
- referee:
José María Sánchez Martínez (Murcian Committee). He showed yellow cardboard to the locals Yangel Herrera (m.9), Soldado (m.15) and Gonalons (m.30) and to the visitors Guido Rodríguez (m.11), Emerson (m.67), Fekir (m.87 ) and William (m.92). He sent off Toni Doblas, Betis goalkeeping coach (m.31) with a direct red.
- incidents:
Match of the fourteenth day of LaLiga Santander played at the Nuevo Los Cármenes Stadium behind closed doors. Before the start, a minute of silence was observed due to the recent death of former Granada player José Manuel González
The start of the match was electric, with the two teams creating danger on the wings and a good chance for each side, the red-and-white from Soldado and the green-and-white from Paraguayan Tonny Sanabria.
When Betis began to command, two goals from Granada arrived in just six minutes, both from Soldado, the first by transforming a penalty committed by the Argentine Guido Rodríguez to the Colombian Luis Suárez and the second in a counterattack after a bad clearance by Marc Bartra.
Betis reacted well, as they had the ball and generated chances although they did not shoot between the three sticks in the first half against an aggressive Granada without the ball and sheltered with order in their own field.
The Portuguese Willian Carvalho, the French Nabil Fekir, who was the best visitor in the first act, and Sanabria himself signed the best chances before the break of a Betis who could not count at the last minute due to gastrointestinal problems with the Mexican Andrés Guarded.
Chilean Manuel Pellegrini tried to reactivate his team with the entry at the beginning of the second half by Cristian Tello and Juanmi López, although it was Granada who was able to score again as soon as the clash was resumed in another great personal move by Luis Suárez, badly finished by the Colombian.
The first intervention in the clash of the Portuguese Rui Silva was before a powerful distant shot from Tello, before Fekir, the most incisive Verdiblanco, also tried from afar despite always being very close to the locals.
The overwhelming dominance of Betis did not translate into scoring opportunities against a very supportive Granada and that, despite having very little on the ball, controlled the game perfectly thanks to its defensive strength.
Borja Iglesias, with a frank shot that he sent out, had the last, and clearer, option to score from a Betis that tried to the end but with more heart than head, strength and faith
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