With the magic of Antony as their flag and the class of Lo Celso as the faithful squire of the Brazilian, who fell on his feet in Seville, Betis easily beat a Mallorca that was fragile in defense and blunt in attack even though it seemed like a neat team with the ball. Betis, pushed by the quality of its decisive players, took the three points thanks to its punch and the distinction of counting, which spread happiness in La Cartuja. The two missiles from the extreme drew a huge smile on the Beticos who came to La Cartuja, who idolize this footballer who seems to have been born in Triana. Pure art and goal for this Betis that is the only one that resists the enormous push of Villarreal in the fight for fourth place. They say that Heliópolis, the Betis neighborhood, is the neighborhood of joy. With players like Antony, that dream of the Champions League can stop being a dream and become a reality.
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Valentín Goez, Marc Bartra, Natan, Hector Bellín, Antony (Pablo Garciía, min. (Nelson Deossa, min. 76), Paul Fornals (March Roca, min.
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Lucas Bergström, Martin Valjent, Antonio Raíllo, Johan Mojica, Pablo Maffeo, Samú Costa, Manu Morlanes (Omar Mascarell, min. 63), Sergi Darder (Pablo Torre, min. 63), Jan Virgili (Javi Llabrés, min. 78), Mateo Joseph (Takuma Asano, min. 63) y Vedat Muriqi (Abdón Prats, min. 78)
Goals
1-0 min. 9: Antony. 2-0 min. 33: Antony. 3-0 min. 36: Abde
Referee Jesus Gil Manzano
yellow cards
Samuel Costa (min. 20), Maffeo (min. 85), Mojica (min. 91)
Life presented Lucas Bergstrom with a tough challenge ahead of him. Mallorca’s giant Finnish goalkeeper, 2.05 meters tall, made his debut in the League due to Leo Román’s injury. Something, surely, must have been talked about in the Betis locker room. “We have to test the goalkeeper,” resounded in the Betic booth. Two minutes later, Antony tried it. At 10, his shot from distance found the net after a great wall with Cucho. Surely the Finnish giant, dazzled by evil, could have done more. The Andalusians took the lead on the scoreboard with their first shot between the sticks. Curiously, a counter-style clash opened, with Mallorca owning the ball and Betis playing on the counterattack. The Balearic team had up to three attempts on attack, all three harmless.
In five dizzying minutes, the storm broke out. Antony, of course, had bitten into Bergstrom’s weakness. Now he surprised him with a shot from mid-height from his right area. The Charterhouse exploded. Betis, a prodigy of efficiency, had scored on both of its shots between the three sticks, a product of the quality of its differential player, and also, of the shortcomings of the young Finnish goalkeeper. Three minutes later, another great Green and White connection ended in 3-0, the work of Abde after a beautiful local combination. . A strong punishment for his team, more or less decent, massacred by the quality of the locals. And Cucho still missed a goal when the easiest thing was to score the fourth. Bergstrom, this time, saved Mallorca.
Mallorca did not throw in the towel. Despite his defensive fragility, he tried to create problems for Betis, mired in tremendous winning inertia. The Balearic Islands accumulated several arrivals with some danger, although their shots always turned out to be very innocent. Meanwhile, Betis added very dangerous counterattacks. Only Cucho’s anxiety prevented the Andalusians from further increasing the lead on the scoreboard. Even Abde missed a goal into an empty net, a little off the mark, after a crazy start by Bergstrom. It was not the goalkeeper’s night, without a doubt.
Arrasate tried to give him football. There was no way. Not even in a hundred games did it seem possible to score against Betis. Bergstrom still redeemed himself with two worthwhile stops against Antony and Pablo García. The young Betic forward shows good manners.
