In San Sebastián, the green and white team lost 2-0 to Real Sociedad and moved up to the middle of the La Liga table. The Engineer’s team lost its way, with its third consecutive defeat.
The closing of the La Liga day on Sunday, the 15th, had as its protagonist Real Bétis Balompié , who had to go on an excursion at a difficult time. Playing against Real Sociedad in San Sebastián usually involves a difficult journey for any team. In this case, in fact, the green and white team has given up. At the Reale Arena, Anoeta’s well-known stadium, the defeat occurred 2-0. New underwear.
Irregularity has been the trend for Manuel Pellegrini’s team in the 2024-2025 season. In this sense, the stability of the work of the Chilean coach has been altered because the results are not consistent and because the team does not present the right idea of football, which the Engineer has always preached during his career. Last Thursday’s defeat against the Czech Mlada Boleslav, in the Conference League, hurt Héliopolis very badly. For this reason, the motto was to recover.
Betis and the San Sebastián team arrived with two points difference in the standings. In the fight to enter the qualifying zone for the cups, we had to leave the Basque Country with something in our pocket. Pellegrini maintained his classic 4-2-3-1 formation, with the novelty of the inclusion of two young players: Carlos Guirao and Jesús Rodríguez. This is the reality to which the coach must adapt in the face of defeats and not having a large squad.
Before the quarter of an hour, Real Sociedad struck first, with help. In the 14th minute, the score was opened with an own goal from defender Diego Llorente. A visitor’s defensive failure provokes a full-back for the host, which then leads to a cross and the former Leeds United footballer takes the ball in front of him in his eagerness to reject it.
The second Basque shot came around the half-hour mark. Referee Hernández Maeso was called by the VAR before the option of a penalty for Real for an infraction by Perraud against Mikel Oyarzábal. Light contact is enough for the maximum penalty to be imposed. In the 31st minute, Oyarzábal executes and the Eurocup champion with the Spanish team beats Rui Silva to make the score 2-0. Betis did not play well and their defensive problems favored the opposing advantage.
For the complement, Pellegrini made changes to find other answers in a team that reflected in its attitude the doubts that flood it. Little clarity in attack was the tone of a team that pinned its hopes on what Giovani Lo Celso and Vitor Roque could do. The absence of elements like Isco and Pablo Fornals harms a team that likes good ball handling and elaboration as an offensive weapon.
The turn of the screw that the Chilean aspired to did not happen and he ended up leaving the Reale Arena with another defeat. There are now four consecutive games without a win for Betis: a draw (2-2 with Celta de Vigo) and three defeats (4-2 against Valencia, in La Liga; 2-1 with Mlada Boleslav, in the Conference; and the 2-0 this Sunday against Real Sociedad). Betis cannot escape the labyrinth.
After 15 dates in the Hispanic championship, The Andalusians appear in tenth position in the standings with 20 points, the result of five wins, five draws and five defeats. In addition, he remains with a negative goal difference (-2). He has the opportunity to redeem himself in midweek, in the Copa del Rey against Sant Andreu, although the challenge will take place on December 7, hosting Barcelona, who surprisingly lost to Las Palmas, this Saturday.
Source: Latercera
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