Real Betispicture directed by the Chilean DT Manuel Pellegrinihe exceeded this Sunday in the agony 2-1 to Espanyol And keep the dream of classification alive Champions League 2025-2026.
The Catalan team, who added his second defeat followed in LaLig The individual quality of the ‘engineer’ He decided in the decisive section a balanced shock.
Espanyol made it clear to two minutes, with a diverted shot by Edu Expósito, which was going for the three points. Anyway, Betis also taught the teeth fast. Lo Celso, from the front, forced Joan García to show off, who had to stretch a prodigious left hand to avoid the goal.
The duel kept the rhythm up and neither team renounced to be the protagonist in RCDE Stadium. The occasions were not clear and both threatened the rival area, although without sufficient stuck. That tense calm liquidated her Roberto In the 28th minute, when he signed 1-0 and lit the local fans.
The blue and white striker took advantage of a Pol Lozano pass, which left him alone before Adrián, and marked with a crossed right.
Seeing behind the scoreboard did not sink Betis. His reference above, Cucho Hernández, and Lo Celso approached several times, although without clear danger.
Pellegrini did not move in the resumption. The Chilean coach bet, from the entrance, for the same eleven, who insistently sought the rival goal, although without clear ideas. Their shots were shy and those who left a little from the norm were stopped by a Joan García in a state exceptionally.
Betis warmed his gears. Isco was already in the field with the aim of dynaming his team’s offensive, which gave Espanyol relevant scares. After Antony or Lo Celso notices, Sabaly sent the ball to a post in the 68th minute. Espanyol combined a controlled resistance and without stridency with refined cons.
The balance was decompensated in favor of the visiting team, which finally picked up the prize. The Celsoone of the party’s own names, brought the colors to the blue and white defense with several cuts and put the ball away from Joan García’s hands to sign the tie.
Espanyol was able to advance in the following action with a Král heel in the 86th minute. The Barcelona team remembered that action in the added time, since Antony He scored 1-2 with a goal. The Brazilian took all his quality to seal a Litigazo with a thread From a corner of the area to frame. The homeowner could no longer react.
Verdiblancos obtain thus three fundamental points To continue fighting with him Villarreal A place in the Champions League next season. In fact, now only one point is separated after date 34 of the Spanish League. (Betis with 57 points and the ‘yellow submarine’ with 58 in the absence of four dates).
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