Real Betis, who this Thursday had to recover from a 4-1 defeat against Manchester United, have not come back from behind by more than one goal in the European competition qualifiers played to date, due to the six starts they have lost He was withdrawn in five and recovered only in a 1-0 defeat against Danish Vejle in September 1998, later he was beaten 5-0 at Benito Villamarín in the second leg of the 1/32 final of the UEFA Cup in the 1998/99 season.
In 1982, Antal Dunai’s Betis in Lisbon lost to Benfica in the 1/32 final of the UEFA Cup and then lost again 1-2 to Benito Villamarín. In 1995, alongside Lorenzo Serra, he lost 2-0 in the first leg of the round of 16 against Zinedine Zidane’s Girondins de Bordeaux, who in the second leg at Villamarín made a tie impossible with an early goal from midfield a good goal in Jaro’s goal, so the subsequent goals from Alexis and Stosic (2-1) were not used much.
In 1998 came the only return for Betis in a European competition, when they lost 1-0 with Danish Vejle and then beat them 5-0 at Villamarín, with three goals from Iván Pérez Muñoz, another from Finidi and another from Pepe Gálvez ., under the orders of Vicente Cantatore, who would resign a few weeks later. After removing Vejle, Betis removed Willen II and in the round of 16 they were played by Bologna, who beat them resoundingly 4-1 in Italy, now under the command of Javier Clemente. In the return, Real Betis could only win 1-0 (Oli) and was eliminated.
The two times Betis started a losing streak at home, they were unable to restore the tie either. Last year they lost 1-2 to Eintracht in the first leg of the Europa League round of 16 and then drew 1-1, with an own goal for the Germans to avoid a penalty shootout. In 1998, with Chelsea in the quarterfinals of the Cup Winners’ Cup, Betis lost 1-2 at Benito Villamarín and then 3-1 at Stamford Bridge, despite Finidi scoring first and Alfonso Pérez Muñoz having goal allowed due to non-existent offside.
Source: La Verdad
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