The cast led by Manuel Pellegrini, who failed to win at Benito Villamarín four months ago, won 2-1 against the Pucelanos.
He Real Betis of Manuel Pellegrini beat Real Valladolid 2-1 and were one point away from Champions League qualifying positions . With Claudio Bravo in the stellar eleven, the Verdiblanca team won the Benito Villamarín against a difficult obstacle.
He betic image cut a bad home streak in La Liga, as they haven’t known victory since October 16 last year . Those of the Engineer entered with one more step and, thanks to high pressure and great associative capacity, they far exceeded a surprised white and purple team.
In the second minute of the game, the opening of the account would come after a genius from Sergio Canales . An intense recovery from Guido Rodríguez in midfield threw Valladolid off balance. The captain catches the ball, looks up and sees a diagonal from Juanmi. Incredible qualification left the striker hand in hand against Jordi Masip, who couldn’t do anything . Betis celebrated the first goal of the game while the Pucelanos claimed an alleged violation by the trans-Andean player at the start of the game.
The ’10’ commanded the superiority of the béticos during the first minutes. The hosts pushed Valladolid’s goal, but the defense managed to avoid the attacks. The intensity decreased over time and the visit was accommodated on the ground. In the 30′ the parity arrived. Kike ordered a counterattack and set up Cyle Larin. The Canadian received at the entrance to the area and finished a cross on the first touch. The cornered shot left Bravo with no options.
The pucelanos took control and complicated Betis. However, at the end of the first half, a new discount would come from the premises. Ayoze Pérez, who was centre-forward before Borja Iglesias fell, had an unorthodox association with Canales and entered the area. There he passed Martin Hongla, who committed an offense inside the box. Captain Betic took responsibility and tricked Masip with a shot from the left .
The advantage gave a new air to the premises, which began the complementarity in beauty. However, Valladolid equalized the balance with the passage of minutes. The process became tighter and tighter and started to be contested in the middle of the field. None of the actors was able to impose their conditions and their intentions were left aside.
In 80′ Joaquín entered and the hubbub broke out in the Sevillian room. The Betic Emblem received the captain’s riding and had a few minutes in the game. The important thing was at the statistical level, because The midfielder reached his 609 appearance in the Hispanic tournament and was just 13 behind the record of Andoni Zubizarreta (622), who is the player with the most appearances in Spanish football.
The Verdiblancos suffered at the end, but managed to maintain their advantage. Eventually, Betis prevailed against Valladolid and found themselves in fifth position, just one point from the Champions League qualifying positions. The verdiblancos added 37 units one less than Atlético de Madrid, who have not yet played their match corresponding to the twenty-second day of La Liga.
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