Granada beat Betis 2-0 this Sunday, which means their second consecutive win to equalize in the fifth position of the table with Barcelona, while the Betic team sees the improvement it had experienced in recent weeks stopped with this defeat.
Two goals from Roberto Soldado, the first from a penalty, In just six minutes before the first quarter of the match, they gave the locals a clear advantage that they managed with great defensive work before a Betis that was as impulsive as it was harmless throughout the match.
The start of the game 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 Argentine Guido Rodríguez to Colombian Luis Suárez and the second in a counterattack after a bad clearance by Marc Bartra.
Betis reacted well, since had the ball and generated chances although he did not shoot between the three sticks in the first half against an aggressive Granada without the ball and sheltered with order in his own field.
The Portuguese Willian Carvalho, the French Nabil Fekir, who was the best visitor to the first act, and Sanabria himself signed the best chances before the break of a Betis that could not count at the last minute due to gastrointestinal problems with the Mexican Andrés Guarded.
The Chilean Manuel Pellegrini tried to reactivate his own with the entry at the beginning of the second half of 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, poorly finished by the Colombian.
The first intervention in the clash of the Portuguese Rui Silva was before a powerful distant kick from Tello, before he also tried from afar Fekir, the most incisive green-and-white despite being always very crowded by 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 solidity.
Borja Iglesias, with a frank shot that he sent out, He had the last, and clearest, option to score from a Betis who tried to the end but with more heart than head, strength and faith.
– Datasheet:
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.
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