Manuel Pellegrini’s cast beat Ludogorets Razgrad in Bulgaria by the minimum and secures their qualification for the round of 16. The national goalkeeper avoided the fall of his team in the first half.
Betis remain undefeated in the Europa League. This time they went to Bulgaria and beat Ludogorets Razgrad to a minimum. It was a lackluster game, with Manuel Pellegrini’s side taking advantage of defensive negligence to take the lead in the 11th minute of the second half.
Unlike other occasions, the Sevillian cast was blurred in the first part. It wasn’t a disaster, but he couldn’t put in place actions that would lead him to make a difference. In this context, local actors have raised the ground and generated options to unbalance in their favor. At the end of the first 45 minutes, the figures indicated four shots on target by the Bulgarians, against zero by the Spaniards.
In this way, the figure of Claudio Bravo rises, who knew how to repel the onslaught of the greens. There were three saves made by the national goalkeeper. He also had a big role for Víctor Ruiz, the Spaniards right defender, who today wore an orange tree. In this first part of the match, Guido Rodríguez was the only one to try something different in attack. In addition, those of Engineering suffered with the loss of Joaquín, their captain, replaced at 27 ‘, leaving his place to Luiz Henrique.
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Holder of the complement, Nabil Fekir entered the field at the expense of Paul Akouokou. Change of key. In the first minutes of the final phase, Betis had more control of the ball than their rival. In this way, he managed to break parity at 56′.
Luiz Henrique had his back turned and managed to lift the ball, putting it in the box and leaving Nabil Fekir alone. Two non-runners made the difference. The French did not fail to be hand in hand. Facing Dutch goalkeeper Sergio Padt, he defined the keeper’s humanity side with a subtle touch. All of the home side’s footballers clamored for a possible shooting position, however, Norway’s Aslak Fonn Witry was cornered and allowed the goalscorer.
On the scoreboard, Pellegrini’s changes were aimed at maintaining his advantage and not wearing down his squad, due to the tight schedule of recent weeks. Quique Fernández came on for Guido Rodríguez seventeen minutes from time and Borja Iglesias came on for Willian José at seven minutes. Betis came to this ranked game for a next round and with the three points, he secured his first position.
The units obtained in Bulgaria allow the team of Manuel Pellegrini to reach the thirteenth. For his part, Ludogorets Razgrad remains in the seven and will define the second from the surface during the last meeting, against Roma in Italy.
Betis will close its participation in this stage next Thursday, November 3, by hosting the HJK in Spain. Leaders of the group, del Ingeniero and Claudio Bravo will go directly to the round of 16, without having to go through the preliminary phase, where the second-placed team will face the third-placed team in the Champions League.
In the closest thing, the next challenge for Real Betis is to visit Real Sociedad on Sunday October 30, for the first division of Spain, in this competition the albiverdes appear in fifth position, below Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atlético and, precisely, their rival this weekend, which they could beat in the standings.
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Source: Latercera
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