he Betis He has had trouble defending the second play on set pieces this season. Five of the thirteen goals were accepted From the Verdiblancos team in LaLiga they arrived after rejecting suspended balls in the penalty area from the corners, … Lateral fouls or throw-ins. Wrong clearances fell at the feet of the opponents, so they resorted to a new offensive action that they decided in their favor. The problem that Manuel Pellegrini’s coaching staff discovered but despite working on it kept recurring, so new ways are being analyzed to stop this bleeding through changes in positions and also with the commitment to draw the attention of players who are in front or at the far post.
With the same characteristics, Betis conceded a goal against the team Celta, Athletic, Espanyol, Atletico and Valencia. Actions in which the opponent throws the ball into the area and it is first cleared by the goalkeeper or Betis defenders but ends at the feet of the opponent, who shoots into the goal and generates a new chance that this time ends with a goal. Betis defends these plays in almost the same way as in recent years, putting together a line in an area in the small area to protect the goalkeeper with four players and then four others who move to take marks outside of it, plus two up front who have to be aware of this type of denial or exit on the counter-attack. These are usually shorter players, usually attacking or at least faster, either to anticipate or to initiate a run in case they can take advantage of it to hurt their opponent. This is the case Anthony, Riquelme, Aitor or Lo Celsoamong other things.
The system now calls for thinking about professional staff Manuel Pellegriniwho demand above all more intensity, and a greater degree of attention for this type of player who stays in the perimeter of the area, because they are the ones who must activate first to steal the attempts of Betis’ opponents or at least prevent them. Moreover, considering that Betis himself also benefits from these plays in the attacking phase. The Betis coach insisted on that focus point, and was content with the rest of the defensive tasks, as his team conceded a number of goals that allowed them to fight for the title. Heroes area During the tournament, but improvement is always welcome. They are those small details that the coach always pays attention to and that bothers him when they are repeated often. Furthermore, it is worth noting that in only one of these five matches in which they conceded goals in this way, they were able to win (the comeback against Espanyol). First stop, this Sunday in Cartoga in front of Girona.
In the Betis-Athletic match played a few days later, the match to be analyzed came after a side foul was held up on the front of the Betis area where Altimira jumped with Inaki Williams. It was a combination of clearance and extension, the ball arriving at the far post, where Youri was completely open while Pablo Garcia closed in to keep Vivian close. The strong center from the left side tried to clear it Bartra In a small area and unfortunately he headed towards his own goal and beat Valles to make the score 0-1.
It happened against Espanyol that a corner kick in the 16th minute was thrown towards the cloud of players in the small area, where Nathan proceeded to take it away from the opponent at the near post. The ball moved to the left side of the front, according to the green and white defense, where Lo Celso jumped with a header, while Dolan received a foul that was not counted. The ball now went to the edge of the area but in a more central area and he took it there Paul Lozano To hit the impossible ball to the green and white goalkeeper and score 1-0 in Cornella.
In the first minutes of the match between Betis and Atletico, the visiting team got a throw-in close to the right corner of the Green and White defence. The ball flew far into the area, where Amrabat initially cleared it inaccurately. Koke shot inside the area, and the ball fell towards Bellerin, who cleared it, but the ball hit the back of the Atletico midfielder and headed forward, where he shot it. Gio Simeone Which was far from the target with Abdi arriving later and Ricardo marking Julian. The score was 0-1.
The last one was in Valencia – Betis before the league break, when in the 82nd minute a corner kick was taken for the locals and reached the small area, where Bartra pushed it forward. I waited there RiojaAnthony lost the battle with the Valencia player, who knew how to stop the ball and put it in a place that Vales could not cover between the many players in front of him.
He conceded five goals in similar actions An invitation to think deeper By those responsible for Betic Lab to prevent it from becoming a recurring vulnerability. There are five goals out of thirteen in La Liga. The remaining eight were either in play (Elche, Levante, Athletic, Villarreal and Atletico) or committed errors when starting from the back (against Levante and Real Sociedad).
As for the three goals that Betis conceded in the rest of the competitions, including two goals in the European League Nottingham Forest The goal that Palma del Rio scored in the Copa del Rey was only one goal from a free kick. This was the goal that Igor Jesus scored for the English team in a 0-2 win at La Cartuja. But that play was a corner kick and a direct shot from the Brazilian striker, without anyone blocking it.
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