by Betis took a giant step in Cyprus. After two days of the league with more doubts than certainties, the green and white team achieved a hard-fought victory in the Aris Limassol fiefdom thanks to Ayoze’s solitary goalwhose expertise inside the area made progress to the next round increasingly closer.
If any green and white fan was hoping for a peaceful afternoon in Limassol, The start of the Aris quickly got him out of the mistake. The Cypriot team began to command and, when barely five minutes had elapsed, Shavy raised all the alarms after dribbling past Rui Silva. The Gabonese, however, leaned too far, allowing Pezzella to intercept a shot that went into the back of the goal.
Betis caught the warning, and it didn’t take long to take control of the match. Exploiting the overflow of Luiz Henrique and Abde to the maximumThe green and white team focused their offensives on the flanks, and Aris, who were already struggling to repel the arrivals of the two extremes, saw their problems increase after Boakye’s injury.
Despite the evident dominance, Betis missed some danger at the time of finishing the arrivals. This bad fortune in front of goal was exemplified on the edge of half-time after a great individual action by Abde on the left. The ex-Azulgrana went to the kitchen before serving a pass on a silver platter to Ayoze, which was already licking its lips at the goal mouth. However, the Tenerife native’s shot found the body of a defender.
The script did not change after passing through the locker room, and Betis continued to dominate reliably. However, the best occasions were signed by Aris Limassol. A new providential intervention by Pezzella deprived Gomis of finishing on the goal line, while Mayambela crashed a cross shot against the wood.
But football is a capricious sport, and what could have been 1-0 for the Cypriots became the prelude to 0-1. The play was still alive after the South African’s chance, and Betis took the opportunity to set up a counterattack through Abde. The Moroccan served a cross into the heart of the area that Diao headed in unopposed, but his attempt hit the crossbar. Luckily for the green and white, the setback favored Ayoze, who appeared from the second line to certify the green and white victory.
