Real Betis witnessed major football fluctuations on the fifth day of the Europa League, with a “suffering” victory over Utrecht (2-1). Leaving direct qualification to the last 16 on track, but with bad news for Isco Alarcón: The Malaga player retired due to injury after an unfortunate action with Amrabat, who also had to be replaced, and both will miss the league derby against Sevilla.
The joy of seeing the Arroyo de la Miel player in the starting line-up again only lasted nine minutes. That’s how long it took for “22” to pitch after him A strong clash with the Moroccan after a minute and a half In the match, when he passed a loose ball, the African midfielder tried to finish it at the same time.
He could not search for the target, because Instead, he hit the former Madridista’s right leg, in the shinCausing both to be replaced and leaves worry especially for the captain who He suffered a “severe bruise and injury”according to the first explorations.
Once the horror was over, Cucho Hernandez was able to put Betis ahead in the 25th minute, after dribbling past the goalkeeper, but Mike van der Hoorn prevented the first goal for the green and white. It did not take long for the Colombian to make amends, as happened shortly before the end of the first half He opened the scoring with a side header that turned into a cross from Anthony.very attentive to stealing the defender’s “wallet”.
Pellegrini’s men started the second half with the same dynamic: Cucho recovered the ball in midfield, turned in on himself and opened towards the left wing, where Ezz Abdi took control, advanced a few meters, and stood on the edge of the area until he shot with his right hand Edit for this post.
The Dutch team did not give up In the 55th minute, he reduced the gap on the scoreboard with a wonderful goal from Miguel Rodriguez. From the middle of the field. After that, the green and white team lost contact, and they conceded another goal in the 59th minute, from a left-footed shot from Derry Morkin from inside the area, but the referee ended up canceling it due to offside.
Anthony became a touchstone for Betis in the final half-hour, first with a chance of his own and then with an assist that Pablo Garcia couldn’t put past the goalkeeper. He struggled in extra time, but held on until the end to secure the win It ranks fifth in the European League standings with 11 points