Betis will host a Danish team for the third time in its history

He Real Betis will receive this Thursday at 9:00 p.m. Copenhagen at the Benito Villamarín stadium. It will be the second match corresponding to the league phase of the Conference League. It should be remembered that in the first match of this competition they faced Legia de Vasovia in Poland. Manuel Pellegrini’s team failed to beat the Poles and ended up losing 1-0.

The Betic team already knows what it’s like to win in their stadium against Copenhagen. However, to remember that match we have to go until the year 1997. The Danish team traveled to Seville to play the round of 16 of the European Cup Winners’ Cup. Betis, with Luis Aragonés directing the match from the bench, managed to win 2-0 with goals from Oli and Juanjo Cañas in the first half. In the second leg, the Betis went to the Parken Stadium although on this occasion they could only get a draw against ‘The Lions’ of Denmark. With these results, the team with the thirteen bars made it to the quarterfinals although they were surpassed by Chelsea, who ended up being declared winners of this edition.

Copenhagen has not been the only Danish team that Betis has faced. The following season, that is, 1998-99, he faced the Vejle BK in the UEFA Cup. In the first leg, the green and white suffered a very painful defeat with Graulund’s goal with four minutes remaining in the match. However, the Heliópolis team knew how to recover and In the second leg they beat Vejle BK 5-0 at the Benito Villamarín.

This Thursday Copenhagen will return to the temple of the green and white team after 27 years since those round of 16 of the European Cup Winners’ Cup. Manuel Pellegrini’s team arrives with the obligation to win this clash after the setback in Poland. It will be the third match that Betis hosts a team from Denmark, achieving in the previous two emerge victorious.