a purpose of Tete Morente at 82 ‘, in a single blast between his team’s three sticks throughout the game, he gave Elche a virtual permanent and prevented Real Betis ’aspirations from reaching the Champions spots four days before the Cup final was played against Valencia, which he also lost in his rivalry with Villarreal on Tuesday. The game was a love and I couldn’t do it for Verdiblancos, who had their chances –almost all were from outside the area-, but were unable to beat Edgar Badía who was the best on his team.
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The clash began with a lot of caution on both sides. Pellegrini, Despite the upcoming Cup final, he started with some of his heavyweights –Fekir, Canales, Juanmi, Bartra and Pezzella-, refreshing the goal with Rui Silva, the two full-back companions Sabaly and Mirandathe midfield with Paul and Guardado, and at the top willian joseph instead of Borja Iglesias. In Elche were almost three news, about Pedro González, Palacios and Gumbau, about the team that collapsed in Mallorca and left permanence on the path.
Despite the fact that none of the teams took too much risk, the game gradually fell on Betic’s side thanks to the higher quality of its players and opportunities began to emerge in the place of Edgar Badía, who first saw how Alberola Rojas disallowed a goal against Juanmi (20 ‘) for offside and then had to use it fully on several shots from the side of Sergio Canales (31’ and 41 ‘), as a well against Canales himself, Fekir and Juanmi finished with a Slightly high shot from the top of the Betis scorer (37 ‘) from an unbeatable position.
After the break Betis continued to take the initiative and add chances: Juanmi (55 ‘) did not see Fekir unmarked with a very clear shot and immediately after another great shot of his, Badía responded with a save. Fekir (59 ‘) also didn’t do well on another shot from mid-range and this time Pellegrini’s changes didn’t have the desired effect. Elche barely bothered Rui Silva, but the only time he did it was for Tete Morente to score 0-1 and leave Betis frozen.
Real Betis: Rui Silva (2); Sabaly (2), Pezzella (2), Bartra (3), Miranda (2); Paul (2), Guardado (2) (Joaquín 56 ‘(2); Canales (3), Fekir (2) (William Carvalho 81’ (2), Juanmi (2) (Tello 72 ‘(2); and Willian José (2) (Borja Iglesias (72 ‘(2).
Elche CF: Edgar Badia (3); Palacios (2) (Josán 46 ‘(3), Roco (2), Gonzalo Verdú (2) (Barragán 58’ (2), Diego González (2), Mojica (2) (Olaza 71 ‘(2); Kike ( 2), Raúl Guti (2), Gumbau (3), Fidel (2) (Tete Morente 59 ‘(3); and Ezequiel Ponce (1).
Purpose: 0-1, m.82: Tete Morente.
Referee: Alberola Rojas, with Medié Jiménez at VAR. Yellow cards to Palacios (25 ‘), Guardado (48’), Edgar Badía (77 ‘). Red with Paul (93 ‘)
Stage: Benito Villamarín, with a presence of 43,257 spectators.
Source: La Verdad
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