Mateu and the ‘Panda’ disembark at the Real de la Copa

Without playing the final of the 19/20 Cup, this season is already history for Real. Despite going ahead with a goal from Oyarzabal in the first half, the Betis has dropped the txuri urdin in extra time with two goals from Borja
Churches. The game, in any case, the game was completely conditioned by the incredible red that showed him Mateu
Lahoz to Illarramendi at the start of the second half. The captain did not touch Sidnei and yet, the referee sent him off, forcing Real to play with 10 almost 75 minutes.

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The two teams took the game seriously. With two ‘eleven’ that, although they included some concession in the form of rotation, they could perfectly play in the league. Imanol offered the second title to Illarramendi after his reappearance and Pellegrini modified his squad a bit more, but with players like Sanabria, Tello or Sidnei, of proven effectiveness.

Unlike the duels played so far between both clubs, both in the League, the Betis took command of the game and in minute 5 he feigned with a header from Paul after a corner. He did not have time to verify the influence of that greater aggressiveness when carrying the weight of the game since before the quarter of an hour the Real was ahead. A great robbery of Guridi caused a rapid transition in which Gorosabel connected with Oyarzabal with a diagonal pass and the Eibar did not fail in the one on one, crossing before Joel.

The goal gave Real but did not disturb Betis who continued to send the ball. He managed to exceed 60% of possession, something strange in Real matches, but without the ability to compromise Remiro. La Real, retracted, expected to hunt another against to sentence the match but the two or three times it was deployed it was not successful in the final meters. However, the second goal txuri urdin seemed closer than the tie in the first act.

The party changed radically at the beginning of the second half by expelling Lahoz to Illarramendi in a tremendously controversial play since it did not seem that the captain touched Sidnei despite the spectacularity of the play. La Rea prepared for a 43-minute resistance, without giving up going out. In fact, For your had the option of sentencing in 62 'upon receiving a pass from Isak which was planted in the front after a great ride and opened to the right. The Murcian shot crashed into the goalkeeper. In their own area, Betis harassed with enormous control of the ball and space, but without generating great chances before the final twenty minutes.

La Real was holding up well when, in addition, the game was equalized by being sent off Sanabria for a double yellow, in a serious error since he committed dangerous play in the area when he already had a yellow. Paradoxically, only three minutes later, Betis tied. Channels caught a ball up front and hit a shot at the post in which Remiro seemed to be able to do more. The game was played in the middle of a thick fog.

The last minutes were tense, with both teams looking for the second but the game went into extra time after being able to score both. Merquelanz had a good option after a lateral center of Aritz but his shot with the right, on the penalty spot, went up. More miraculous was that Joaquin will not score a center of Channels. With everything in favor and with an empty goal, he finished off and the game went to extra time.

Things turned ugly for La Real shortly after overtime began. With a team of circumstances, with Zubeldia lateral and Zubimendi and You
Normand of centrals, Betis caught him with a long ball. Rodri connected with Iglesias, Zubimendi It was not overlooked and the ‘panda’ executed one on one.

La Real misdigested the goal and it was difficult for them to reach the Betis area but in the final stretch of the first part of extra time they could tie with a double action of Merquelanz. First with a shot from the front that narrowly went up and, above all, in the last action of that first act when he headed badly, up, inside the area a good cross from Barrenetxea.

The tie was completed at the beginning of the second part of the extension. Joaquín intelligently forced a lateral foul on You
Normand and he himself masterfully focused it so that Borja
Churches will head at 3-1.