Sant Andreu and Betis meet again after 50 years

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The historical EU Sant Andreu, founded in 1909, it would rival the Real Betis in the second Copa del Rey, according to the draw held this Wednesday at the RFEF headquarters. This will be second time that the quadribarrados and the verdiblancos will face each other in the KO tournament, having already faced them in February 1973.

The eliminatory It was solved with penalties, after winning 1-0 (Wild) Sant Andreu, then Gustavo Biosca directed, the first leg of the fifth round on February 8, 1973, the same result that happened in the second leg, in 28F, when Betis equalized the tie with a goal from Nebot and, after extra time, won 3-2 in a penalty shootout, refereeing included Guruceta wall.

In Second division they have seen each other’s faces six times Sant Andreu and Betis, with balance two wins at Betic and four draws, the final 0-0 in the final confrontation, played on January 20, 1974 at the Santa Coloma field, where for the first and only time in its history Betis dressed for a few minutes… of white

The shirts in Martorell and the match in Santa Coloma

All are products of a mistake of the travel agency who was in charge of transporting the material of the Betic team, who sent the trunks to the town of Martorell and not Santa Coloma’s. For three quarters of an hour they waited for the packages to appear, but after that time the referee, Olasagasti Echanizdemanded that the match begin, as the stadium was full and there was a risk of the public becoming impatient.

The four-barred painting remembered that meeting in its account nervouswhere he made the pages devoted by Mundo Deportivo to the meeting.


He Saint Andrew, Afterwards, he lent everything needed: t-shirts, shorts and boots, the Betic players jumping on the field with white elastics (with the shield of the local team in the middle), black shorts and black stockings with red cuffs.

Antonio Benitez He served as captain, the ball started rolling and just four minutes into the match the trunks arrived. The game was stopped and normalcy was restored. The footballers of Legs They returned to the locker room, from where they came out, today, in green-and-white shirts and white shorts, although they kept the host’s socks on until the end of the match, which ended, by the way, in a 0 -0 draw.

Source: La Verdad

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