The Real Betis took the triumph of the New Mirandilla after a meritorious comeback in just five minutes against Cádiz CF (1-2), who gained an advantage in their first dangerous play over Claudio Bravo’s goal, through Ivan Alexius (57′) and only gave up in the final stages, when Manuel Pellegrini’s changes took effect.
Christian Tello scored the 1-1 with a highly placed shot from the edge of the field, practically on the first ball he touched (78′), and then Borja Iglesias he forced a penalty that he himself converted (84′), in an unfortunate move by Alcaraz, who, trying to clear a ball that seemed clear, tripped over himself and gave a clear kick to the Betis striker, who knew how to take advantage of the rival’s mistake, as Alejo had done before by scoring the 1-0 in an advanced position, but assisted by Juanmi, which validated the move.
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The game started with alternating dominance, although it didn’t take long for Pellegrini’s men to take control control of the situation and begin to generate dangerous situations on the Ledesma portal. At 16 minutes came the controversial move of the afternoon, in a boarding school by Sabaly on the right and a back pass that Canales finished off on goal; the ball, after grazing a defender, ended up being introduced into his own goal by Saint Emeterius when trying to clear it next to the post, but the referee retired Churches Villanuevaa -it is only for the VAR- interpreted that Fekir, who was off the field, entered and intervened in the play, for which he pointed out offside despite the fact that the French-Algerian did not touch the ball and it had already crossed the goal line when he played for it. In any case, one interpretation play that was not reviewed by the main referee, Gil Manzanowho was carried away by someone else’s criteria in a play that was absolutely decisive for the development of the game.
After that move, Betis redoubled its dominance and Channels Y Fekir They braided good combinations on the left, where they struck a couple of times with great danger, although without managing to find a finisher, among other things because Willian José was very misguided up front and was barely able to score once.
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After the break, the dominance of Betis continued and Guardado (47′) very soon crashed a shot into the crossbar, whose rebound he did not know how to take advantage of later Fekir. However, what came was the 1-0 Alejo after a long throw-in by Luis Hernández in which Bartra and Alex Moreno bothered trying to clear.
Pellegrini began to move the bench and the changes gave him the desired fruit, since Joaquin reactivated the offensive game and Tello and Borja Iglesias sealed a new comeback in the final stages that keeps Betis with its aspirations intact.
DATASHEET
Cádiz CF: Ledesma (2); Akapo (3), Luis Hernández (2), Chust (2), Espino (2); Alcaraz (2), San Emeterio (2) (Alex Fernández 86′ (1); Alejo (3) (Rubén Sobrino 64′ (2), Lucas Pérez (2), Idrissi (2) (Choco Lozano 86′ (1) and Negredo (3).
Real Betis: Claudio Bravo (2); Sabaly (2) (Bellerín 68′ (2), Bartra (3), Pezzella (3), Álex Moreno (2); Guido Rodríguez (3), Guardado (3) (Joaquín 68′ (3); Canales (3) , Fekir (3), Juanmi (2) (Tello 77′ (3) and Willian José (1) (Borja Iglesias 60′ (3).
goals: 1-0, m.57: Ivan Alejo. 1-1, m.78: Tello. 1-2, m.84: Borja Iglesias from a penalty.
Referee: Gil Manzano, with Iglesias Villanueva in the VAR. Yellow cards for Sabaly (24′), Alcaraz (65′), Bartra (88′)
Stage: Nuevo Mirandilla, with more than 18,000 spectators in the stands, more than a thousand of them from Betis.
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