He Betis won 3-2 against the relegated team Almeriaconsolidates itself in the European positions and, although it suffered in the second half against the bottom of Primera, is provisionally placed in sixth place, which gives the right to play the Europa League at the expense of what Real Sociedad does this Monday in the Barcelona field.
In the first half, the Verdiblancos were better and more effective, thus They acquired a two-goal advantage through Pablo Fornals (m.8) and Isco Alarcón (m.28)although the ex-betic Leo Baptistao increased the score just before the break, while in the resumption Ayoze extended the local lead again (m.64), cut after 2 minutes by the Argentine Luka Romero for an Almería that pushed until the end , but without success.
Betis and Almería settle an Andalusian duel this Sunday with two old acquaintances on their benches, the Chilean Manuel Pellegrini and the ex-betic Pepe Melwhich have been measured in both LaLiga and the ‘Premier League’, and with the Verdiblancos in full struggle for sixth place that entitles them to the Europa League against the dignity of their rival, already relegated.
Two teams in antagonistic situations faced each other at the Villamarín, with Betis fighting for sixth place and the Almería of an old man known in Heliópolis as Pepe Mel, who coached the green and white team for six years in two stagesbottom and mathematically relegated two days ago, when they lost 1-3 with Getafe.
The local coach, the Chilean Manuel Pellegrini, recovered after serving Isco Alarcón’s suspensionhis beacon in creation, and left the Frenchman Fekir on the bench, in addition to covering the loss due to injury of the Argentine Germán Pezzella with the Greek Sokratis.
Meanwhile, Mel returned the starting position to the Argentine midfielder Lucas Robertone and the playmaker Jonathan Viera, once their suspensions had expired, in place of the Mexican defender César Montes, suspended for one game, and Sergio Arribas, thus The ex-betic player Édgar González moved his position from the center of the field to the axis of the rear.
Betis, aware of what was at stake, came out with a lot of impetus and a very advanced pressure that soon bore fruit, as Fornals took advantage of a rebound in the area in the 8th minute, after a pass behind the omnipresent Isco, to score his third goal in the League and dedicate it by showing a shirt with the name of Félix to the youth player Garretaon loan at Amorebieta and in a coma induced by a head injury after a domestic accident.
The 1-0 redoubled the dominance of the green and white team, which, with faster and more direct football than other times, without as much touch, warned after a quarter of an hour with a tight shot from Ayoze that was saved by Portuguese Luis Maximiano with a great save. Almería, without pressure but weak at the back, tried with shots from afar of Robertone or Adrián Embarba, without success.
The one who did not forgive was the great Betic figure, Isco, who confirmed his great form, always offered himself to his teammates and generated play with great judgment and almost all the danger near the local area, as he extended his team’s advantage on the stroke of half an hour by stealing a ball in the rival area, after a blunder by Édgar, and shot Maximiano .
After the eighth goal in the League from the ‘magician’ of Arroyo de la Miel, Betis lowered its performance and Almería took advantage of a mistake by the green and white defense to tighten the score with 2-1 in added time of the first halffrom a cross shot that touched Chadi Riad after a good pass into space by Marc Pubill.
At the restart, the green and white team lost control of the match, making many concessions to a looser Almería and no longer afraid of anything. With many doubts in a very soft local defense, especially against the lateral centers. So, Robertone, tireless, tried it with a new long shot which was cleared from a corner by the Portuguese Rui Silva and then Adrián Embarba tried his luck twice, also without a positive result.
When Betis was most lost, with an uncontrolled game that did not benefit them, Ayoze emerged to give peace of mind to his team and make it 3-1, by controlling and connecting with his right a pass from Isco, after another robbery inside the area by the Malaga genius, in the 64th minute, to sign the Canarian’s eighth goal in this League.
Even so, Pellegrini’s team did not know how to close the game, which, despite the changes in both teams, was already a back and forth, from area to area, to the point that Almería closed the gap again in the 66th minute, with a goal from Argentine Luka Romero just one minute after replacing the Honduran Choco Lozano.
Almería tried until the end, they did not lose face in the clash and never gave up, but Betis, with more suffering than expected, sThey were able to maintain their advantage to get closer to winning a place in the Europa League.
– Datasheet:
3 – Betis: Rui Silva; Sabaly, Socrates, Chadi Riad, Miranda (Abner, m.84); Guido Rodriguez, Johnny Cardoso (Abde, m.60); Fornals (Rodri, m.84), Isco, Ayoze (Fekir, m.75); Willian Joseph (William Carvalho, m.60).
2 – Almería: Maximiano; Pubill (Pozo, d.79), Édgar, Chumi, Centelles; Marcos Peña, Robertone (Melero, d.84); Baptistao (Luis Suárez, d.79), Viera, Embarba; Choco Lozano (Luka Romero, d.65).
Goals: 1-0, M.8: Fornals. 2-0, M.28: Isco. 2-1, M.46+: Leo Baptist. 3-1, M.64: Cleaned up. 3-2, M.66: Luke Rosemary.
Referee: Alexander Muniz Ruiz (C. Gallego). He warned visitors Marcos Peña (m.40) and Chumi (m.69).
Incidents: Match of the thirty-fifth day of LaLiga EA Sports played at the Benito Villamarín before 48,622 spectators. A minute of silence was held in memory of Ramón Cansino, former head of Betis’ medical services, and the club’s number 6 member Manuel Mesa, and there were also expressions of affection and encouragement to the Betis youth squad Félix Garreta, on loan at Amorebieta and who He is in an induced coma after a domestic accident.
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