0-0: Fighting and knowing how to be to get a point

A tight and goalless draw for Real at Benito Villamarín in a tense match for what was at stake raised the San Sebastian team to a level of rhythm and aggressiveness from the start that was impossible to follow. La Real played better on the half-hour, they deserved to score, they didn’t, and they ended up suffering a long time where they couldn’t pull off even a few fancy changes, to end the bloodied tie signing and maintaining a six-point lead over Beticos in the table (despite losing goal leverage.

start of flight

Surprised, a lot imanol with eleven, where he dispensed with the services of two landlines as Merino and Silva that they rarely see a game starting on the bench together, and even less so on a special day like yesterday. they entered illarra and Brace for them, in addition to gorosabel through AritzI Normandy through Pacheco and hut through barrenetxea. What Oriotarra did not change was the 4-3-3 pattern, which once again gave Real minutes of greatness at the start of the game, as it did against Rayo.

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If last Saturday the team shone with the ball, this time it was done without it. High suffocating pressure and aggressiveness like at the beginning of the season. This is how he terrorized a Betis who trembled with every ball that ended up in a dangerous defeat and close to Rui’s place Silva. However, Real did not reach the goal.

Sorloth had the clearest right after the verdiblanco error forced by hutbut he bit her. Brace He tried it from distance on two occasions, but both ended without much danger in the hands of the Portuguese goalkeeper. In addition to a massive concerted effort to trap locals and steal near the opposing goal, the San Sebastian squad has found a surprising new way to do damage.

Aihen He showed work in the gym with a few throw-ins in the pot, like he has all his life, which struck fear into the Betic defence. The most dangerous is to walk where no one touches him, until he reaches one hut that he chose the inside of his right leg to find the goal, the same surface he used Miranda to avoid this with a well-crafted defensive action. The Japanese did not live up to expectations. Rushing, he missed a number of deliveries due to poor decision-making, and barely damaged the ball stuck to his left boot as he usually does.

Oxygen helped Betis more

The first ‘cooling break’ of 2023 changed the course of the first half, to hand the baton to the home team, who were more comfortable on the ball and less exposed by being away from their goal. In one of those verdiblancas boarding schools, a yellow card was invented Martinez Munuera for zubimendi which, as it were otherwise, does not understand anything, but is conditioned.

Betis got theirs in the last period. ruibal tried remiro with a cross shot that was poisoned until the player from Cascante was forced to make a real save. later, channels He finished well against the locals at the near post after a failed throw-in, but he couldn’t open his ankle enough to direct the ball towards the goal. on the horn, Miranda he lifted the béticos with a header that went wide.

doubts came

The second half was not like the beginning of the game. Rather it is the opposite. The Betis, who gave entrance to Luis Henrique and Borja Iglesias at half-time to start the game with two pure wingers, Real suffocated with balls behind the back of Aihen. Betic ’11’ crushed the strength of Etxauri who, with a yellow card, had to be replaced because he conditioned the whole txuri urdin defensive framework.

Not scoring when dominating is what it is: you have to suffer later. However, the first opportunity is for the Imanols. Illarra, who was most in sync, took a precise and touched center from his sleeve that ended up wide. Le Normand forced That was the penultimate visiting arrival.

The coach, who opted for the same approach last Saturday, did not see it clearly. Triple change to energize the team. they entered Merino, Silva and barrenetxea through illarra, Brace and a oyarzabal who stands out more for his countless slips (one of them put everyone on alert for his knee) than his interventions. But they had no effect and La Real continued to suffer in the green of a Villamarín who was starting to heat up to encourage his team towards the three points they saw as more possible. Real didn’t have the ball, and when they did, they didn’t have useful support to even make a simple counterattack.

And Betis pressed with a Miranda ‘on fire’ which showed power for the band. Dangerous centers are born from his boots. The first, in Ayozewho turned himself into the spot after an untimely slip of Merino, but he shot high when everyone was in his face. The second one, included Aritz right side and gorosabel left, deceiving the beasaindarra with a wonderful disguise of body and search channels, also shot high, first on the right. The factual message is loud and clear: the point is great and it is presented with a couple of possible weaknesses that are not so for lack of desire. Merinoand auger with his pass, they had a golden opportunity in 94′ to be crowned kings of the fair, but Silva I avoid it.

The point must be accepted. Six to rent, seven to play. On Friday in Sadar, they at Camp Nou. And there are still fair days.