He Betis won 2-1 al Celta at the Villamarín, at the opening of the thirty-first day of LaLigaa triumph with which breaks a four-game losing streak and rejoins the fight for Europe by recovering seventh place, at the expense of what Valencia does in Pamplona, while The people of Vigo are still very close to danger.
After a very balanced first part and with very few chances in both areas, Betis played a good second half in which they came out bossy, dominated the game and were more accurate in attack until the youth player Juan Miranda, at 50 minutes, opened the scoring. Then the French Nabil Fekir made it 2-0 with a great goal and the Norwegian Strand Larsen He closed the gap in extra time, with no time for more.
Betis and Celta played a lot for different objectives. It was almost a finalespecially for the Galicians in their fight to get away from relegation, with Cádiz already chasing them by 3 points, but also for the green and white team, eighth, 2 points behind Valencia, in their aspirations to qualify for a European competition for the fourth consecutive season.
Chilean coach Manuel Pellegrini changed his two full-backs, with the entry of Bellerín and Miranda for Ruibal and the Brazilian Abner, and reinforced his midfield with the American Johnny Cardoso along with the Argentine Guido Rodríguez, which left Fekir on the bench, starter in recent days, but with a low physical tone after his injury.
At Celta, Claudio Giráldez, undefeated with a 1-2 at the Sánchez-Pizjuán and a 0-0 at home with Rayo since taking over from the dismissed Rafa Benítez, opted for Brazilian midfielder Jalison, who was late, as a novelty compared to the last game at the back instead of the Swede Starfelt, and Manquillo as center back for Manu Sánchez, since Óscar Mingueza played as a winger.
Betis came out with momentum, with more dominance but without chances against a Celta that tried to press high, without success in the first quarter of an hour despite Jalison’s hierarchy to come out from behind and the mobility of Jonathan Bamba. At 14 minutes, the Ivorian gave a good pass to Norwegian Larsen, but his cross shot was cleared by Portuguese Rui Silva.
The Sevillians, with his ‘brain’ Isco Alarcón more disconnected than other times and creative players like Fornals or Ayoze, very blurred, always tried to impose themselves, although they lacked clarity and verticality in attack to put the Celtics’ orderly defense in trouble, who warned again in the 24th minute with a high header from Larsen.
Five minutes later the first option arrived more or less with danger for the Betis, when Argentine Pezzella heads wide from a cornerwhile Celta continued doing their thing, without rushing, wanting to gain prominence and looking at the local area, as in a shot in the area by Hugo Álvarez, following a corner kick, which Miranda blocked.
At the restart, Pellegrini reactivated his attack with the input from midfielder Fekir and Congolese striker Cédric Bakambu by Ayoze and Brazilian Willian Joséwho had been very uninvolved, and Betis, after failing to hit several shots in a mess in the Guaita area, soon took advantage of the greater push they came out with in this half.
Thus, 8 minutes into the second period, the side Miranda got a close shot with the inside of his left foot, after a pass from Bellerín after a good opening to the right by Fornals, to beat Guaita. The 1-0 opened a new scenario, since the Beticos gave ground to a Celta that barely generated clear arrivals; and they waited to arm some counter.
This gave Betis a lot of peace of mind, in which two full-backs came in as a refresher, Ruibal for Bellerín and the Brazilian Abner for the scorer Miranda, while Giráldez brought in Carles Pérez, first, and then the youth squad Damián and the Argentines Tadeo Allende and Franco Cervi, but without any result.
The danger, with quick exits and great judgment in attack, was brought to the Guaita goal by the team from the Heliópolis neighborhood, who extended their advantage 6 minutes from the end with a great goal from Fekir, who blocked a pass from Isco with his chest, omnipresent and talented as always, broke a defender with his left foot and shot with the right to make it 2-0.
The VAR validated the goal when it confirmed that there was no offside, but Celta did not give up, they closed the gap in added time with the eleventh goal in the League from Larsen, who deflected a shot from Cervi, and then tried it through Carles Pérez, but he didn’t have time for more.
Datasheet:
2 – Betis: Rui Silva; Bellerin (Aitor Ruibal, m.70), Pezzella, Chadi Riad, Miranda (Abner, m.75); Guido Rodriguez, Johnny Cardoso; Fornals, Isco (Rodri, m.86), Ayoze (Fekir, m.46); William Joseph (Story, m.46).
1 – Celta: Guaita; Mingueza, Manquillo (Carles Perez, m.65), Jailson, Carlos Dominguez (Unai Nunez, m.81), Hugo Alvarez (Franco Cervi, m.81); Hugh Sotelo (Damian, m.70), Beltran; Aspas, Bamba (Allen, m.70); Larsen.
Goals: 1-0, M.53: Miranda. 2-0, M.84: Fekir. 2-1, M.91: Larsen.
Referee: Juan Martinez Munuera (Valencian Committee). Admonished the local Pezzella (m.47+).
Incidences: Match of the thirty-first day of LaLiga EA Sports, played at the Benito Villamarín stadium in front of 48,938 spectators. A minute of silence was held in memory of the former president of Betis Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, who died on March 24, which was broken by the Betis fans with applause and songs of remembrance of the former green and white leader.
2024-04-12 21:41:59
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