He youth Betis He began his journey in Youth Leaguethe maximum continental competition in lower categories, with a rout over the Kairat of Kazakhstan 6-1. This result is very valuable given that the Verdiblancos have an important advantage for the second leg, on November 6, where the pass to the next round will be decided, where the Betis would face the Sassuolo Italian in a crossroads that will play its matches on November 27 and December 16. It should be remembered that Betis qualified for the Youth League by being runner-up in the Champions Cup against Atlético. If Dani Fragoso’s men beat Sassuolo they would enter a round of 32 tie against the clubs that are going for the Champions League route and that they remain between seventh and sixteenth places in the group stage. The final will be played in Switzerland.
The Betic triumph came with the goals of Adrián Martín, Corralejo and doubles by Rodrigo Marina and Pablo Garcíawho was the most active on the offensive front. The green and white team beat a team that was down to nine before the break and down to eight for much of the first half. And all with the presence of Manuel in the stands Pellegrinicoach of the Betis first team, who has already had several youth players under his command such as Busto, Dani Pérez, Pablo García and Adrián Martín and even the first two have made their debut in official matches. The president, Ángel Haro, was also in the noble area; the vice president, José Miguel López Catalán; the CEO, Ramón Alarcón; the councilors Ozgur Unay, José María Gallego, José María Pagola and Rafael Muela. In addition, the director of training football, Miguel Calzado, and the coach of Betis Deportivo, Arzu. Also members of the sports and youth team such as Chano or Juan García Soriano and several players from the reserve team such as Kohon, Mendy or Guilherme.
In the first half the green and white team resisted well the initial physical push of the Kazakh team before Adrian Martin He made it 1-0 in the 11th minute after a remarkable combination with walls and unmarking before standing in front of the rival goal and gently beating him over the head. The goal gave confidence to the Betis, who went to press higher and saw how after a robbery the visiting goalkeeper was sent off in the 14th minute after stopping a dangerous play.
With superiority, Betis went further ahead and scored 2-0 in the 25th minute thanks to an individual action by Pablo Garcia inside the area, who placed the ball close to a post. Kairat were not going to give up and had a shot hit Manu González’s post before the break. But things were going to get better for the Betis youth team given that the visiting team was left with nine due to the expulsion, for a double yellow, of Saidov in the 40th minute. This is how they reached the break, remembering that the Betis saw how they were Two goals were annulled in the first half due to previous fouls.
However, Kairat responded with a 2-1 lead after a corner in the 53rd minute, the work of Amirbek. The Heliopolitan team responded to that setback with the 3-1 score by Rodrigo in the 63rd minute after hanging several balls into the area and in a play in which the active Pablo García also participated. The incisive left-footer was also the protagonist in the fourth as he scored from close range to celebrate the win. Then there was a fight between players and Baibek, captain of Kairat, He ended up being sent off with a straight red card, leaving his team with eight.
From there Betis had more chances, especially a clear shot by Pablo García but the forward tried to dribble past the goalkeeper instead of finishing off the fifth goal. The ball was heliopolitan at all times until the end. Corralejo and Morante also looked for new combinations to arrive and the visiting players suffered a lot of physical effort due to being at an inferiority. The one who scored the fifth by diving to the ground to finish was once again Rodrigo Marina, who thus signed another double. Before the end, already in stoppage time, Corralejo took a ball in the area and shot powerfully from the penalty spot to make the score 6-1, sealing the tie in favor of the young Betis players.
Dani Fragosocoach of the Betis Honor Division youth team, opted for the following starting eleven for this match: Manu González; Busto, Oreiro, De Roa, Arenas; Migue Romero, Dani Pérez; Pablo García, Adrián Martín, Paco Esteban; and Rodrigo Marina. Later, Rica, Corralejo, Antonio González, Morante and Cayetano took the field in the duel played at the Rafael Gordillo sports city. Jesús Rodríguez did not play, who is scheduled for the first team for the Conference duel this Thursday. Also on the list of seniors is Manu González, third goalkeeper, who replaced Germán at the last minute for the duel against Copenhagen.
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