Betis says goodbye in Frankfurt in a cruel way and with its head held high

A goal of Guido Rodriguez own goal in extra time discount (121′) that had forced Borja Iglesias in the 90′ ​​he leaves Real out Betis from Europa League when tied with Eintracht (1-1). The Betis leave cruelly and with their heads held high, because before that fateful play, in which he failed Rui Silva clearly in the output, the own Borja Iglesiasin minute 109, sent a header to the crossbar at an empty goal after picking up the rejection of the German goalkeeper to a shot from woolen that could have given them the classification.

The real Betisthis time with only three changes in the starting eleven compared to the last game –Joaquin, Ruibal and willian joseph by Paul, Juanmi and Borja Iglesias– came out better planted on the grass of Deutsche Bank Park, bringing danger down the right wing thanks to the successful combinations of Joaquin and Sabalyone of whose internships caused a good opportunity to Miranda (6′), which the youth squad sent to the clouds when it hit his bad leg, the right one.

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The Germans ran for a long time after the ball, but when they adjusted their high pressure they put the Betis defense in a lot of trouble, which used to lose on split balls and second plays. Shortly before the quarter hour, Saw leaked a great pass to the back of Miranda and Knauff sent what could have been 1-0 to the crossbar. As had happened earlier in the day, the Eintracht spared the life of the Verdiblancos, who arrived at the break only one goal behind in the tie and without suffering much further back except in the aforementioned play, as another in which Santos Borré stood completely alone against Rui Silva (42′) There was a clear previous offside, fortunately for him, since the very clear one-on-one would fail.

The second part began with the first, with a clear Betis dominance, which in the first quarter of an hour had up to five good arrivals to the rival area, although those from Pilgrims they lacked that point of precision in the last pass to have transferred those good arrivals to the scoreboard, which they did not do Juanmi, Joaquin ni Fekir on the occasions they had.

After that first quarter of an hour Eintracht managed to break free from Betic dominance and, thanks to his physical power, he managed to string together several arrivals at the goal of Rui Silvawho saw how Kostic First he missed a very clear opportunity (62′) and immediately afterwards he sent a center shot that crashed into the post of the Betis goal, which in the first leg already conceded a goal after a center shot by the Serbian.

The Betis knew how to suffer and endure their moment and this came at the last breath, after a great stubbornness from Aitor Ruibalan excellent pass Fekir and a superb finish Borja Iglesias at the near post that took the tie to extra time. There the Panda had in his head the 0-2 in 109′, but the misfortune was fattened with those of Pilgrimswhen marking own goal Guido Rodriguez already in the discount in an attempt to clear a lateral foul thrown by Kostic that gave the pass to the Germans when the penalties seemed that they were going to decide the contest.