SEVILLA 2 – BETIS 1 I The law of Seville

A Sevilla far superior to Betis imposed its law and won the derby, another one in recent times of maximum red and white hegemony in the shadow of La Giralda, with small parentheses like the Cup a few weeks ago. That fight with a palazo and then you mock Joan Jordán, surely He extramotivated the owners of Sánchez-Pizjuáncapable of literally eating the Verdiblancos during the first half to frame, with total dominance, chances and two goals that in the end gave them the victory. Sevilla now keeps pace more or less far from Real Madrid, which is still six points behind, and Pellegrini’s team begins in third place in the Champions League to really feel the breath of Villarreal, Barcelona and even Atlético, which they will receive on Sunday, just after looking for a pass to the Cup final against Rayo.

Sevilla swept away in a few exquisite initial minutes, capable of suffocating Betis and surpassing them in each and every one of the concepts of the game. From an advanced pressure, the Verdiblanco team was almost incapable of getting the ball out of their field, with Carvalho and Guido surpassed time and time again by Rakitic, Jordan and Delaney. Diego Charles, who from many forums was considered injured, formed by surprise in the center of the sevillista defense and Tecatito armed it over and over again on the right wing. Magnificent match for the Mexican, to confirm the sensations that he is leaving in his first months of LaLiga. From a Maradonian play of his, with a hat to Álex Moreno and a measured pass to En-Nesyri, The penalty that Claudio Bravo committed on the Moroccan striker came up, a toothache for the center-backs. Rakitic did not fail this time (1-0, 22′).

Papu Gómez’s injury, umpteenth loss that will be for a Sevilla related many times this year with misfortune, it presaged not so good things but it was precisely the substitute on the field of the Argentine, Munir El-Haddadi, the one who put land in between when it came to the end of the first half. He had taken Bono out of the gate (another assist for him) and Munir took advantage of it to get the central defenders up early and beat cross (2-0, 40′) Bravo, who did not justify Pellegrini’s bet on him instead of Rui Silva.

Already without Fekir, who did not find out in the first half hour and seemed injured before the break, the Betis who returned from the locker room could not do worse. And yes, Sevilla is more tired, without so much pressure up front, the verdiblancos they collected the occasional occasion to have cut the marker much earlier than they did, already in the discount. Canales took out his top hat and put it in the drawer for a free kick (2-1, 93′), iImpossible for Bono, who had been able to get another shot at the top corner from Tello. But there was no more, there was no time for anything else. Seville, at least for a few hours, is red and white again. Or has it ever ceased to be so in the last three decades?