Betis fall during visit to Espanyol and are no longer in the Champions League

With bravo claudio as owner, the Real Betis fell by the minimum count during his visit to Espanyol. The framework led by Manuel Pellegrini fell to sixth in La Liga and were left out of the Champions League qualifying positions. The Verdiblancos looked uncomfortable throughout the duel at the Cornellà-El Prat stadium and the inability to do any damage contrasted with the locals’ incisive attack, which ended up taking all three points.

The start of the game was slow. Play was stopped for much of the first few minutes and there was little action. At 5′ the first dangerous game would come. The Betic team scored in the area from a corner kick and Leandro Cabrera won. The Uruguayan defender connected the send and the crossbar saved Bravo, who only watched the shot.

Betis got a new life, but couldn’t get out of lethargy. The cast formed by the Engineer was uncomfortable facing a hard stumbling block. Little by little they tried to regain possession of the ball and deploy their associative play, but they failed to deepen and the home team, through quick transitions, devoted themselves to chasing the goal of the national goal . The clearest came from the Catalans. At 25 minutes, Bravo avoided opening the account. Joselu overflowed and brought out a powerful cross which was connected by Martin Braithwaite, but the Chilean was careful to protect his goal.

With three minutes before regulation time, the first opportunity presented itself to the Verdiblancos. Aitor Ruibal, who would later become the protagonist, took a cross at the far post. Borja Iglesias started off on the wrong foot, but Álvaro Fernández showed off with a superb save. The ball bounced off the line and Cabrera brushed aside the danger.

The locals knocked in the next room. Brian Oliván hit a powerful low cross to Braithwaite. The Dane anticipated at the near post and beat Bravo, who couldn’t do much. A fair result because of the way the game was going.

Plugin startup continued in the same vein. Even five minutes from the start, another Espanyol cut would come. Javi Puado attacked and beat Ruibal. The striker finished almost without an angle and Bravo saved the shot, but Aleix Vidal scored on the rebound with the goal at his disposal. However, judge Pablo González Fuertes invalidated the scoreline due to a light slap from the striker when he had already won the right-back spot from Betic. . The magnification of the defender was decisive in the dubious collection of the referee, who did not go to review the action at VAR. It celebrates Chilean painting.

Tempers flared and the meeting took on a different rhythm. Betis started doing damage from set pieces but it still didn’t materialize. It was certainly not the day for the Verdiblancos, however, their luck was still on the surface. At 65′, Puado wasted an unbeatable option. Espanyol built up a great game and when they received a pass through the middle which left an open goal for them, the striker went too far and failed to connect the ball. Betis, who were incredibly still alive, came out in search of an equalizer .

With more desire than good football, the béticos pushed the Catalans over their goal. Of course, Espanyol’s withdrawal wouldn’t be free, as they were close to scoring the second goal thanks to their sharp counterattacks. Betis came out of the daze late and didn’t reach it. In the end, no one would be hurt and the locals ended up prevailing for the minimum count. With this defeat, the cast of the Chileans fell to sixth place, with 28 units. The Verdiblancos give up points and see their aspirations to qualify for the Champions League complicated.