The 35 minutes that Borja Iglesias played in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey against Real Sociedad changed everything. Perhaps if Joaquín had hit a shot almost at will that would have avoided the extension, the scenario would be very different. But the reality is that the Galician striker recovered his smile and his scoring nose after that double and after being decisive against Osasuna in the League.. His irruption on the pitch had an excellent response by handing over the points to his team after another precise definition to an accurate pass from Tello. The Panda is back. Although it had been expected for a long time.
The three goals signed in 67 minutes totally changed the context of Betis' forward in just one week. Sanabria left, which had had more opportunities than the rest like nine and leaves seven million euros in the very touched verdiblanca ark. Breathe the club. Pellegrini does it because of the appearance of Borja Iglesias and the feeling that Loren also multiplied his commitment in the middle of the fight for a place in the starting eleven. From the subsidiary, Raúl also threatens, an old-fashioned nine who wants to make the leap in view of how Pellegrini is delivering prominence ballots to his youth players.
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But Borja wants a site that seemed destined to be his when he landed two summers ago at Betis in exchange for 28 million euros. He scored six goals in his entire first season and now has four in his power after his week of glory, which has made him the great winter reinforcement of the Betic team. Hope was once again present in Heliopolis after so many months of justified doubts. The illusion also conquers Pellegrini, knowing that the forward's great moment can boost a qualitative leap in his team. Borja wants a place in Thursday's meeting at Villamarín to continue writing episodes of greatness in this Cup. After a year and a half of doubts, he shed tears after his double cupbearer against Real and now he smiles at a future that wants to give back what he removed.