Athletic holds a ball stopped against Betis | Soccer | Sports

The two gusts that converged at Benito Villamarín remained intact. Betis added his fifth game without winning at home and Athletic, without Nico Williams, injured, kept his league streak of 13 games without losing. , had errors in defense that allowed the two goals of Athletic, both to ball stopped in two corner serves. Betis also stopped his errors in the definition. The Athletic, who played with Unai Gómez of reference, took a lot of fruit to his arrivals to the Betis area. It is a team that demonstrated why the fourth place occupies. Those of Pellegrini, who set a great first half, lacked trade.

Betis and Athletic played a good level, intense rhythm and two teams in attack. And because football belongs to the players, especially the good ones, the appearances were vital, destined to mark the differences. Especially striking was the contribution of Antony, Betis winter signing that debuted as a starter against the good Basque team with just two training with the Andalusians after being assigned by the United. Stressed to the right wing to break inwards, the Brazilian recovered good feelings and was a nuisance for Lekue. Thus the first Betic goal was forged, with Isco attentive to the rejection of Unai Simon after a play mark of Antony’s house. The Athletic, far from accusing the coup, refers. Because it is brave and because it has a great game between the lines, with many players entering into attack.

He found the goal after a good Berenguer boarding school that ended in corner. Adrián swallowed the poisoned launch of the end, which played on walls to enter the Betic goal. Bakambu had just failed a clear occasion after a good pass from Isco. The game matched and an unexpected action from Perraud took it out of balance. The side, left -handed left, turned in the area to surprise Unai Simon with the right. The Basque international swallowed it. It was not the goalkeeper’s night in Heliopolis.

The duel was tempered in the second act. Betis tried to catch Athletic to the counterattack, but what was found was a new corner goal of the Basque team. Perraud made a mess in a ball in the band. Betic plants failed and Sancet emerged to beat Adrián, who didn’t even leave his small area. Pellegrini tried to give his team more quality with the entrance of Lo Celso. The Argentine was not fine, nor is Vitor Roque or Abde. The Canterano Pablo García debuted at home and the match ended with a hard rock entry to Djaló, who was injured.

“We have replied to the two blows of Betis, especially at the end of the first half, so we value the draw after an intense week. It has been a match with alternatives and some mistakes for the two teams, ”. “They tied us to two stopped balls and we knew they were strong in that aspect. We had to do something else in that aspect. We are going two points at home for not knowing how to specify. The first half was ours, ”argued Manuel Pellegrini. “I expected Antony’s good game, that’s why I put it. He has made a very good game, although he could not at the end and the twins were uploaded, ”concluded the Betis coach.