Verdiblanco’s side lost 4-2 in their visit to Athletic Bilbao after Betic’s side were 0-2 down until the 30th minute.
Claudio Bravo and Manuel Pellegrini’s Real Betis couldn’t hold on to the advantage they gained in the first 10 minutes in the duel against Athletic Bilbao as visitors. After leading the standings thanks to scores from Willian José (2′) and Isco (10′), the host team managed to turn things around by closing out a 4-2 win .
This situation ended up costing the Verdiblancos their first defeat of the season after the first three dates played and criticism from the Hispanic press on the performance of the team led by Manuel Pellegrini.
Diario de Sevilla said that “the problem for Pellegrini’s men was that they no longer believed in it, the psychological blow seemed even harder than that of football . Betis weren’t able to create danger in the entire second half and even with the changes from the Engineer there was no reaction this time around.”
For their part, Estadio Deportivo claimed that “the changes seemed to be those, but they did not improve their team, which required continuity in the squad after the first two days. The bet for Willian José also went well. This did not resolve the inexplicable withdrawal midway through the first half. “.
El Desmarque, meanwhile, said that “if the first half hour was spectacular for Betis, then he did not find the formula to reactivate his team after the fateful last quarter of the first half . The changes this time were not decisive”.
A vision similar to that written by Mucho Deporte. “This time, the changes did not take effect. A slowdown is observed in all the games of which it is not known if it will have a physical cause. Maybe “.
Finally, ABC Sevilla reported that “Betis ended up losing 4-2 when they visited San Mamés in a game that went from very more to very less. Because the excellent first fifteen minutes in which the Betic team made it 0-2 thanks to goals from Willian José and Isco, were first overcome by the referee Soto Grado and the VAR which validated an offside from Nico Williams and a subsequent penalty from Rui Silva, and later from Athletic themselves”.
They add that “between the two they dismasted a side led by Manuel Pellegrini who were handcuffed in the second half, with no clarity at the top and with gross errors in defense, to try to level the game when it was still 3-2 . The fourth home goal came after some timid attempts by Verdiblanco’s side to start the game, and in the end they ended up fighting.”
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After the match, coach Manuel Pellegrini said that “we had a very good first half. Until the 30 minutes the team worked as expected, we scored a few goals, we had control of the ball and Bilbao struggled to get there. But that first penalty happened, (to the referee) VAR called it because I think there was no penalty anywhere. I also think there was an offside and Rui Silva does not touch it, the player (Nico Williams) dives much earlier “.
He added that “then came the second penalty and this third goal which was very psychological for the second half because they knew how to manage the times and ended up winning well . I don’t want to harm Bilbao because they managed a comeback that is not always successful, but there was one fact that was decisive”.
“The second half was balanced against a difficult opponent in their home field, but the third goal was very important because it allowed them to manage the times. With 0-2, we fell far behind and this allowed Bilbao to get closer to our goal. Pellegrini concluded.
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