Everything that Betis did not have was left over for Real Sociedad. Above all, punch and efficiency, basic values in the elite. The result was that Real took sixth place with all justice and, therefore, will play in the Europa League. And they will do it for the fifth consecutive time and after beating a direct rival in their stadium, in front of nearly 60,000 people. The Basque team had a lot of merit.
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Rui Silva, Sokratis, Chadi Riad, Sabaly (Héctor Bellerín, min. 59), Juan Miranda, Johnny, William Carvalho (Rodri, min. 45), Fekir, Ayoze Pérez, Fornals (Sergi Altimira, min. 45) and Willian José (Abde, min. 59)
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Remiro, Elustondo, Tierney (Jon Martín, min. 67), Hamari Traore (Jon Aramburu, min. 75), Jon Pacheco, Beñat Turrientes (Jon Ander Olasagasti, min. 67), Brais (Barrenetxea, min. 75), Javi Galán, Merino, Oyarzabal and Sheraldo Becker (Arsen Zakharyan, min. 81)
Goals 0-1 min. 4: Brais. 0-2 min. 41: Merino.
Referee Juan Martínez Munuera
Yellow cards Beñat Turrientes (min. 52), Sabaly (min. 58), Hamari Traore (min. 73), Sheraldo Becker (min. 78), Juan Miranda (min. 82) and Jon Aramburu (min. 90)
Betis was nonsense. He didn’t play badly in the first half, but in the second he offered incomprehensible gifts. For example, in the 64th minute, Abde, with the score at 0-2, decided to take a Panenka-style penalty that was stopped by Remiro. The Moroccan pitched and the team’s star, Fekir, did not, in obvious poor form. La Real celebrated their great European victory on the pitch. It is a very well-made team, which has successfully competed in all the competitions it has competed in, including the Champions League.
Betis, for its part, and despite the defeat, with bad luck, of course, remains seventh and will play in the Conference League, helped by Madrid’s draw in Villarreal. The last match at the Bernabéu is inconsequential, and will probably be played next Friday. Of course, the Andalusian team will enter Europe for the fourth consecutive time, something unprecedented in its history. They must play a previous qualifying round in the month of August.
Pellegrini’s men faced this final for Europe, especially for the Europa League, with the significant losses of Isco and Guido. Two pillars in the gears of a team that, in addition, Real hit with surgical precision. Johnny arrived late in an action with Brais himself, who launched a missile, after five minutes, that beat Rui Silva. A great goal from a free kick that altered the script of the game. You don’t see many in the competition.
It forced Betis to attack. And the Andalusians, very well led by Fekir and Ayoze, reacted with multiple arrivals to the Real area in which Le Normand was not there, injured in the warm-up. Betis shot at Remiro’s goal up to 12 times, including a shot against Riyadh’s crossbar. La Real did it three times, scoring two goals. Merino stole the ball from a confident Fornals and combined with Oyarzabal. The striker put the ball in front of him and Merino himself beat Rui Silva without reference. The Basque team, with a great punch, beat a good Betis, but too soft in both areas.
La Real established its dominance in the second half. Strange things also happened to Betis. Abde took a Panenka-style penalty and the VAR still rightly annulled a goal by Ayoze, who brushed the ball with his hand before beating Remiro. It was not the day of the Andalusian team, without a doubt. Without luck and without a goal, everything went wrong.
Benito Villamarín, which was prepared to be a party, had to surrender to the superiority of this Real team that did things as they should to win their place in the European League. Betis, furthermore, ended up surrendered, without the ability to harm their rival. “The team has competed very well throughout the season. That has a lot of value and although we had not gotten into sixth place, the grade was outstanding in this campaign. We have shown our face and I am very happy with this squad. Jon Martin made his debut at the age of 18 in a field like Villamarín and I am very happy,” said Imanol Alguacil. “It has been somewhat unfair. We played a great first half, like we did against Rangers, and they eliminated us. La Real started with a great goal and then we played very well, with many scoring chances. Football is like that. In the second half it was different, but we have achieved the goal of qualifying in Europe and that is very important,” Manuel Pellegrini clarified. “Abde was not in charge of taking the penalty. It seems that he asked for it and threw it wrong, it was a very important moment,” concluded the Betis coach.
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