“We come only for the shield”, the protest banner of the Betis who traveled to Moldova

Winter and cold Thursdays more than four thousand kilometers away, in addition to a tournament in which the Betis It is still far from offering the expected image. Nothing stops, in any case, the faithful green and white fans, who are always and will be wherever their team goes without excuses of distances or moments. Some 150 Betics cheered on Pellegrini’s team in Moldova in the match against the Petrocub (0-1) which practically seals the green and white’s pass to the Conference playoffs.

Cédric’s solitary goal Bakambu grants three vital points in a Conference League in which Betis is going to qualify (they will not do so among the top eight, which would have been desirable and obligatory for this team) but in which they have left much to be desired against very inferior rivals on paper.

The Betis who were noticed in the Moldovan stadium took out a banner in the run-up to the match which read: «We come only for the shield»alluding to the team’s poor performance in the third continental competition. It really is a circumstance that is historically repeated every season that Betis competes in Europe: it is always far from expectations.

This year’s situation still has a solution, fortunately. This is what the fans expect that last night saw how their Betis ended up winning, not without complications, against Petrocub in a match in which they improved their game in the second half. AND triumph finally as a foreigner in Europebecause in the two previous trips Betis had lost: 1-0 at the home of Legia de Warsaw and 2-1 against Mlada Boleslav.