Real Betis achieved the biggest victory in its history in an official competition match by defeating CD Hernán Cortés 1-12 in the first round of the Copa del Rey played this Wednesday night at a packed Francisco de la Hera stadium in Almendralejo , where thousands of Betis fans were very pleased with their team’s performance, especially in the first half (0-9), against a remarkably inferior rival who, before the end of ten minutes of the match, was already lost 0-3.
Betis’ superiority was absolute from the opening whistle and the goals came in quick succession after Isidro Díaz de Mera canceled out Sergi Altimira’s first of the series after two minutes. The Extremaduran Rodril, playing in his natural position – the midfielder, where Isco moves, who this time rested – is a real nightmare for his compatriots and manages to open the account with a pass from Willian José, who will score four goals. in the first half, for three from Rodri, who also took two penalties, one in the first half and another in the second.
If Luiz Henrique had been more precise in definition, the 0-9 score in the first half could easily have been 0-16. After the break, Abde soon made it 0-10, but Betis were clearly slowing down. Kike lived up to his moment of glory by scoring 1-10, probably ruled out by VAR for offside, and it was only in the closing stages that he widened the gap, with Rodri’s second penalty already -converted by Marc Roca and the final 1-12 by Assane Diao meant to be a tribute to Rafael Gordillo in his native Almendralejo. In December it will be 40 years since the historic Spain-Malta in Benito Villamarín, where the old Gordillo had a 13-1 scoreline annulled for non-existent offside.
DATA SHEET
CD Hernán Cortés: Canito (Galeano 57′); Nacho, Diego, Sergio (Laughs 72′), Moruno (Iván 72′); Lincoln (Santi 28′), Enrique, Elías, Juaky, Pablo (Dutch 56′); and Kike.
Real Betis: Rui Silva; Aitor Ruibal, Altimira, Chadi Riad (Visus 59′), Abner; William Carvalho, Guardado (Marc Roca 59′); Luiz Henrique (Juan Cruz 59′), Rodri, Abde (Bellerín 84′); and Willian José.
Goals: 0-1 Rodri (4′); 0-2 Willian José (6′); 0-3 Luiz Henrique (9′); 0-4 Abde (16′); 0-5 Rodri (20′); 0-6 Willian José (33′); 0-7 Rodri (37′); 0-8 Willian José (40′); 0-9 Willian José (43′); 0-10 Abde (49′); 1-10 Kike (54′); 1-11 Marc Roca from a penalty (86′); 1-12 Assane Diao (90′)
Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos (Castilian-La Mancha Committee).
Stadium: Francisco de la Hera in Almendralejo (Badajoz), full, with more than 11,500 spectators.
Source: La Verdad
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