by At half throttle and with our sights set on the derby, Betis left its presence on track in the next round of the Europa League. The green and white team dominated Aris Limassol from the start, although they had to resort to the ‘A unit’ to close the match quickly (4-1). Borja Iglesias, Ruibal and Abde took advantage of their minutes and vindicated themselves with goals.
The green and whites knew that a victory against Aris Limassol could put their presence in the next round on track, and they did not speculate at the start. Despite the rotations, the start of the game by Pellegrini’s team was overwhelming and, if not for two good interventions by Vanailson, both Luiz Henrique and Rodri were able to open the scoring.
The Cypriots barely created any danger during the first half, but He was about to give Benito Villamarín a good scare. Taking advantage of a quick counterattack, Montnor beat Claudio Bravo in a one-on-one, but the Dutchman’s goal was disallowed for an illegal position.
Betis deserved the goal, and It ended up arriving thanks to Borja Iglesias wanting to vindicate himself.. The ‘Panda’, with an academic striker movement, appeared completely alone in the small area to put the finishing touch to a great pass from Abner, establishing an advantage with which the first half would die.
As soon as we left the locker room tunnel, Aris Limassol suffered a second scare. Bengtsson, who had just come on to replace Montnor, had an immediate impact on the match by scoring the equaliser. The VAR, however, spoiled the party for the Cypriots, who saw a second goal disallowed for offside.
‘Unit A’ solves
Despite not having any effect on the results, the action served as a warning of the intentions of the visitors, who took control of the game in the first fifteen minutes. Pellegrini was not liking the course of the second half at all, so Introduce three starters onto the pitch in one fell swoop.: Isco, Ayoze and Guido.
The game improved for Betis after the entry of ‘unit A’, and the goal of tranquility did not take long to arrive. This did not carry the signature of any of the spare parts, although it did have the participation of Ayoze. The Tenerife native, located on the balcony of the area, gave way back when he detected the arrival of Ruibal who, without thinking twice, connected a whip before which Vanailson was able to do something else.
Betis was enjoying themselves and, after a great individual action, Isco forced a penalty. The man from Malaga wanted to have a detail with Fekir, who has just overcome a serious injury, so he decided to give him the maximum penalty. The gesture was beautiful, and the public applauded him, but the Frenchman had just jumped onto the grass and it was too cold, so he executed the shot very innocently.
There was barely time to regret this ‘hazing’ Well, a few minutes later, the sentence came. It was composed by Marc Roca, who took advantage of a good assist from Fekir to define from close range with a cross shot. Aris, knowing they were defeated, limited themselves to covering up the result through Kokorin.
Already entered into added time, Abde saw his great performance rewarded with a goal. The action was cooked up by the Moroccan, as he started from the center of the field before beating the goalkeeper, but it is impossible to ignore Isco’s spur pass that originated the play.
