Verdiblanco’s side picked up another 1-0 defeat when they visit Espanyol, capping a week that has left them out of the Copa del Rey title defence.
Manuel Pellegrini’s Real Betis continue to try to find their game. After being knocked out of the Spanish Super Cup and Copa del Rey title fight, Verdiblanco’s side entered the pitch with the mission to add to stay in the advanced group that is fighting for a place in the next Champions League.
However, Martin Braithwaite’s solitary goal at the end of the first leg allowed the parakeets to give the Sevillians another disappointment .
“Betis deservedly fell on their visit to Espanyol’s pitch in a game where the Verdiblancos failed to offer their best version and were overtaken by their rival “, they wrote in El Diario de Sevilla.
“Only William Carvalho, with a very good first half in which he generated all the football for his team, deserved a special mention in a Betis team which continues to go through an important crisis in the game”, have– they added.
In turn, Estadio Deportivo said that “Betis left the RCDE stadium empty in a game played but where Espanyol took more to win and that’s how it ended up being. Pellegrini’s men arrived after two great efforts, playing 120 minutes in the Supercopa de España and the Copa del Rey, and above all without the reward of victory, which caused both physical and mental fatigue. ”.
They added that Manuel Pellegrini’s side ‘already ran out of legs and ideas against an Espanyol who served defending with order and seeking the penalty on the counterattack’.
Specifically about the national DT they wrote that “it was perhaps not the best approach of the Chilean coach, who was able to come out with a more attacking eleven in the first half , as Rodri’s switch to Guido later proved him right. In the end, they burned their ships, eliminating the attackers, but Espanyol hardly suffered in defence,” they wrote, qualifying him with a rating of 4 and a maximum of 10.
El Desmarque, for his part, gave it a 3.”You have to do a self-criticism. A lot. A static team, without depth, very predictable . In Vallecas, the result saved him, but this team lacks a lot of things. It lacks sparkle, solvency at the back, efficiency at the top and even a little more empathy. Of course, the Chilean cannot work miracles”.
Bravo does not impress
After Betis’ elimination from the Copa del Rey, one of the main targets was goalkeeper Claudio Bravo. At that time, they came to declare that “He loses qualities with age and one of them was his reliability on penalties . Nor is it that this time he stood out with his foot, as usual,” El Diario de Sevilla said.
This Saturday, they were much shorter. “Bravo Avoided a goal against Braithwaite. He conveyed a little more security “, they exposed.
In turn, Estadio Deportivo commented that today “He made the statue in the header of Cabrera who crashed into the crossbar but was providential, taking a hit with his toe at Braithwaite . However, he couldn’t do it on the brink of rest when the Dane managed to beat him after pulling away from Pezzella . In the second half he didn’t have much work to do except for the disallowed goal and the desperate outing to cover Óscar Gil which helped Puado”.
Finally, El Desmarque said that “He held the guy down in several interventions, with some very creditable saves, but again he was unable to keep his clean sheet. . Of course, he couldn’t do anything at all in the goal.
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