En-Nesyri decides the centenary derby

The Nervionenses settle in the fourth place, they put land in between behind their pursuers, the Real society and precisely the Betis, and recovers the good feelings, while the Verdiblancos, who claimed a penalty of Bond to Channels, their aspirations to get closer to the head are frustrated despite the fact that they retain their European position.

At the time of the appointment, Lopetegui could finally count on one of its stars, the Argentine Lucas Ocampos, doubts until the last moment to be low in the last training session, while the surprise in eleven was his compatriot Papu Gomez. At Betis the novelty was the entrance of Saved and of Aitor Ruibal, Joaquín remaining on the bench when the portuense lived a special day in his derby number twenty, identical figure that his alter ego reached in the eternal rival, and incombustible Jesus Navas.

And although Sevilla would be the winner in the end, they were those of Pellegrini those who came out more involved in the game. With more intensity and more control of the ball, the Betis took control in the first few minutes, pushing back the Seville in your area and come out on fast cons. One of them resulted in a foul on the edge of the area that Suso threw high. Only five minutes had passed and both teams promised to give their all in a passionate derby.

The first notice of Betis arrived at eight minutes, when Borja Iglesias placeholder image took advantage of a ball stolen from Joan Jordán and launched a shoe that was close to surprising Bond, but the Moroccan goal, in a good stretch, prevented the Betis will go ahead. He was quick on the second play, since in the rebound he spat it out a bit and the rival was about to take advantage of it.

But when he was most comfortable Betis the Nervionense team gave their first blow. Jesus Navas took advantage of the advanced defense of the Betis and he sent a ball into space to En-Nesyri, who got away from the centrals and dribbled to Joel robles in its exit heeling to the right. Almost without angle, in a maneuver of refined technique, that of Fez added his fourteenth goal in the League, the twentieth this season, overtaking his team and returning the good feelings to a team that had suffered a lot in the last two weeks.

The Seville he was comfortable from that moment on. He did not even mind giving the ball to his rival and looking for his back and sapping the morale of the enemy troops.

After passing through the changing rooms, Sevilla knew how to continue maturing the match. However, the Betis he was able to get into a couple of actions in the game, such as an acrobatic shot by Borja Iglesias. The replica put it Ocampos in a good move of the Papu Gomez touching the second local goal.

Lopetegui sought more control with Rakitic Y Oliver Torres and in the first play of both he was close to finishing in a goal for the Croatian, just before the Betis was close to being 1-1 in a carom when clearing a ball Rekik and hit the body of Borja Iglesias placeholder image. Until the end the Betis tried with no luck, like Fekir in a last left foot that brushed the stick.

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