A brace from Borja Iglesias qualified the national team for international competition. With the win, he also secured a sixth-place finish in the Spanish La Liga.
An important victory was won this Sunday by the Real Betis of Chileans Manuel Pellegrini and Claudio Bravo, after beating Girona 2-1 as visitors on the penultimate date of LaLiga in Spain, a victory that allowed the Verdiblancos ensure their qualification for the next Europa League .
However, in the epilogue of the first stage of the match, the match turned out to be difficult for the engineering students, since at minute 36, Miguel Gutiérrez, With a cross shot, he beat the resistance of the goalkeeper of the Reds – who once again started and showed a good performance -, thus scoring 1-0 in favor of the owners .
However, just by starting the plugin, Béticos striker Borja Iglesias drew 1-1 in the 47th minute after having chained a cross from Sergio Canales in the middle of the small area. Half an hour later, in the 77th minute, the Spanish striker himself scored the second for the Sevilla team after receiving an assist from Juan Miranda.
With Iglesias’ double, those led by Pellegrini managed to take the lead against a rival who could not clearly approach the goal of the national goalkeeper, spoiling at home an option to access the qualifying zone for the next Europa Conference League, taking advantage of the falls of Osasuna and Athletic Club .
On his side, with the victory Real Betis achieved one of the goals set at the start of the season after secure their pass to the Europa League, after adding 59 points and finishing sixth in the standings a competition in which he will participate with Villarreal (5th, with 63 units) representing Spain.
With this victory, the Betic team agreed to third consecutive season in continental competition still under the technical direction of Manuel Pellegrini and with the participation of Claudio Bravo, who arrived at the Sevillian club in mid-2020.
It should be remembered that the remaining qualifiers for international cups are the Barcelona champion Real Madrid, Atlético de Madrid and Real Sociedad castings which have already inscribed their name in the next edition of the Champions League while there is still a date for La Liga to close.
On the last day of the competition, Real Betis will receive Valencia at the Benito Villamarín stadium , a group that still has chances to lose the category. The duel is set for Sunday, June 4, starting at 1:00 p.m. in Chile.
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