Iago Aspas, with a double by scoring first from a penalty with nine from half-time and then in added time in the first half, made the difference in Celta’s victory (0-2) over Betis, which, although still third, was still third. showed thick and saw its progression slowed before a incisive rival and who defended perfectly.
After a first half with a lot of rhythm and in which the Vigo were lethal in attack, with the two goals of Iago Aspas To expand their LaLiga scoring account to ten, Betis tried by all means in the resumption, by active and passive, but, in addition to slack in defense in the first part, he did not have his day in attack.
Two very offensive teams were measured in a duel marked by the ravages of the covid, together with injuries – ten casualties at Betis and many also at Celta, especially behind (Mallo, Araújo and Kevin Vázquez’s last minute, among others) – and with South American flavor, among the ‘maestro’ Manuel Pellegrini and his ward Eduardo ‘Chacho’ Coudet, old acquaintances as a coach and player in River Plate.
With the novelty of the Mexicans Guarded and Lainez At Betis, by the Argentine Guido Rodríguez and the Frenchman Nabil Fekir, sanctioned and just out of physical problems, the Sevillians came out with intensity against a more dangerous Celta outside than at home and also with changes compared to their last triumph against Espanyol ( 3-1).
Coudet put the Ghanaian Aidoo on the right side with the entry of the Turkish Okay as central next to the young man Carlos Dominguez, by the indisposition of Kevin Vázquez; with Denis Suárez, Brais Méndez after overcoming the covid and Cervi; and, above, Iago Aspas and Santi Mina.
Soon the attacking vocation of both teams and their technicians, with a lot of rhythm in the game and both looking for the gaps at the top, although Celta was much more effective in both areas.
This circumstance that was decisive for a Vigo box that startled off with a shot from Santi Mina that cleared Rui Silva, at 8 minutes, an action to which the Portuguese William Carvalho replied with a centered header after the quarter of an hour that did not pose any problem for the Argentine goal Matías Dituro.
With his very thick key men (Alex Moreno to the left, Carvalho The Channels, Juanmi and the brazilian Willian jose in a more advanced line), Betis reacted and wanted to take control, but without any success due to the rapid attacks of Celta, very sure and firm behind and super incisive up, every time he stole a ball.
This led to the 0-1 to nine of the halftime, when Aspas scored in a penalty protested by the locals for an entry by Guarded to the Argentine Franco Cervi, very active and a nightmare, along with a Javi galán stellar and incisive, for the green and white right band.
The blow for the Betis was greater in the addition of the first half, when again Aspas increased the income of the Celestial by taking advantage of a failure of Victor Ruiz to get ahead of the defender, masterfully beat Rui Silva and make it 0-2, his tenth goal in LaLiga.
In the resumption, Celta started just as strong, with a shot to the right post by Santi Mina to the center of Cervi, although Betis, in which Pellegrini looked for the reaction with the entry of Rodri by an intermittent Lainez and then Fekir, without being physically full, and Borja Iglesias placeholder image like relays of Guarded and Willian José.
The Heliópolis team went into attack, but without any ideas or clarity, and barely generated good scoring chances, except for some incursions by Bellerín, an attempt by Carvalho that bounced off a defender and went out, or two shots by Borja Iglesias, one from afar, high and wide, and another close that Dituro stopped.
They were a sign of the impotence of a Betis perfectly controlled by a very effective and supportive Celta, who, based on work and efficiency, he took three valuable points from Villamarín.
– Datasheet:
0 – Betis: Rui Silva; Bellerín, Bartra, Víctor Ruiz, Álex Moreno; William Carvalho, Guarded (Fekir, d.58); Lainez (Rodri, m.46), Canales (Tello, m.80), Juanmi; Willian José (Borja Iglesias, m.58).
2 – Celtic: Dituro; Aidoo, Okay, Carlos Domínguez, Javi Galán; Fran Beltrán; Brais Méndez (Gabri Veiga, m.86), Denis Suárez, Cervi (Fontán, m.92); Aspas (Nolito, m.90) and Mina.
Goals: 0-1, M.36: Iago Aspas, penalty. 0-2, M.47+: Iago Aspas.
Referee: César Soto Grado (C. Riojano). He admonished the local Willian José (m.53) and the visitors Denis Suárez (m.32) and Cervi (m.91).
Incidents: Match of day 19 of LaLiga Santander, played at Benito Villamarín before about 42,000 spectators, almost the maximum possible capacity (45,000) after the reduction to 75% approved by the Health Council. A minute’s silence was observed due to the recent death of Eugenio Ruiz, Betis goalkeeper in the 1950s, and the father of Betis goalkeeper Rui Silva.
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