Juanmi destroys the wall – AS.com

The wall of Cádiz lasted until minute 84. Betis has taken all three points of his visit to Carranza, in a match in which the locals were closed in defense and that almost when they caressed the tie, the visitors' goal arrived. Betis looked for him more eagerly against a Cádiz that made the point as good from the first minute. Cervera chose to reward the players who managed to draw at the Camp Nou and the team repeated with the exception of Álex, who entered through Jairo. Betis, without Fekir or Borja Iglesias, entrusted everything to the magic of Canales.

The party took the script of a film already seen. Cádiz is predictable in his game, you know how he is going to play you, but not how to hurt him. The green-and-whites became entangled over and over in the spider web that Cervera wove. In the first 45 minutes there were four chances with long shots. Just what the yellows wanted. Guido, Víctor Ruiz and Miranda, tried their luck first; and then Canales had the clearest after a genius from Ruibal and a misalignment of the yellow defense. The shot, also from outside the area, went close to the post.

Cádiz had some dangerous arrival when he lost his temper. First in a rejection of the defense that Negredo was about to hunt down; later with a chance from Salvi from outside the area, who made Joel intervene with a good hand; and finally, at the edge of the break, in one of the favorite plays of the house: long ball by Ledesma, combed by Negredo and Nephew, in a defense resignation, hits it from inside the area to make Joel intervene again.

The second part began as the first ended. Little or nothing happened in the areas. Pellegrini moved the bench with the entries of Joaquín and Juanmi, by Lainez and Ruibal and began to have more presence in positions close to the rival area. At least in terms of associations. As a result of this improvement, Betis' first clear chance came, in an error by Espino. Guarded recovered the ball and, with a strong shot, tested an inspired Ledesma, who cleared with a good stretch. Cervera answered by moving the bench with entries by José Mari and Saponjic.

It seemed that both teams were accepting the point., Nevertheless the balance was uneven from a set piece, in a cross thrown by Emerson and in a great shot by Juanmi, who got ahead of Saponjic. Jug of cold water for those of Cervera, who until now were impeccable in defense and they saw the point slip away from them in their last breath. The locals pushed in the final minutes, but failed to disturb Joel's goal. Cádiz already feels the relegation places close so the next game against Eibar seems key. For its part, Betis is still sweet in this 2021 and continues to fight to play in Europe next season.

Cervera: “It is maddening to lose due to an isolated play”

Assessment of the meeting. “The game was the one we imagined and the one we wanted to win, that they were not dangerous and did not have chances, that we did not have to defend as closely as lately, and we have achieved that. We still have a big problem with the ball, we can't create too much danger and when we get some advantage it doesn't come out. The game itself was the one we had planned to win it, but in an isolated play with a flat center we lost the game. We lose because of that play and because we haven't managed to score before. The game was controlled towards a draw and in the end you can lose it. It is very angry to lose like this because it has been an isolated thing ”.

Ball problems. “There is no solution with the ball at the feet, you can change men, the way of playing, but with the ball it is not a question of style, it is a question of having more luck or quality. It has no solution beyond finding better or worse teams against you. We know that we have a deficit with the ball, and we know that the closest way to win is today. At least the rival has beaten you, but they have not been better than you ”.

Lozano, no minutes today. “Choco is fine, but I thought we needed a more rocky player, not speed, because we were far behind. It has not turned out as we would like, but the 'Choco' is fine. “

Match against Eibar and Alavés, direct rivals. “I still think that the best way to win is like today, the difference will be in the team in front of you, which will not have Guarded, Joaquín, Canales … but we have to stay the same because when we take a step forward we lose the game before weather”.

Look not look at the classification. “I think that from here to the end we have to score 15 points to save ourselves and I neither look at the opponent nor who they have to play against. In the end that falls apart. We have to think that we cannot lose matches like today and others where we have the chance to win, which is costing us a lot ”.

At least it was competed. “I am not happy because when I go to a field I am going to win, but I am not as heartbroken as I was on Athletic Bilbao. Today we have competed and the game we had thought came out, but we lost due to an isolated play, not because the opponent has overwhelmed us on the field. Never happy, because we come to get something. We are in the First Division and we know that it is difficult, but if we want to continue being next year, they cannot score that goal, because if they have scored it, we can score it ourselves. It was not a goal from a very skilled player, a great puncher or a great spiker, it is a goal from a ball that is put in and a little player comes and hits it. Another thing is when Messi or Suárez put you in. If we can't score that goal, we don't play in the same league or on equal terms ”. – Beatriz Ring