Real Betis did their homework and achieved an important and courageous victory in Chisinau against Petrocub (0-1) which allowed them to leave well their qualification for the Conference playoffs, although not sealed , which must be completed next Thursday in Villamarín against Helsinki. Pellegrini’s men, after a poor first half, improved greatly in the second, with Bakambu scoring and having several more chances to seal the score, but he did not do so and had to suffer until the final whistle, as Petrocub reached. equalize in the 87th minute, in their only dangerous play in the Betic area of the entire match, although the goal was disallowed for clear offside, which was indicated by the linesman and ratified by VAR.
The Betis that appeared in Chisinau in the first half, unfortunately for Betis, was what they are used to seeing in the Conference. The eight changes that Manuel Pellegrini introduced to the starting lineup compared to the one that started against Barcelona are very noticeable. In attack, the green and white team was unable to break down the Moldovans’ defense system, which they did just once in the entire first period, even though Belgian referee D’hont appeared to overrule a Bakambu’s goal (29′) which seemed to have been Everything was clearly legal, as he headed the ball which goalkeeper Smalenea failed to catch and scored deliberately into an empty goal moments later.
The goal, in Betis’ only dangerous action in the first 45 minutes, did not go up on the scoreboard, and a few minutes later the Belgian referee forgave a second yellow to left-handed back Demian, who had already seen one after the eight. minutes. Assane grabbed and then had to see another in the 31st minute for another more blatant action on the Betic winger.
After the break, with Altimira and Abde coming on for the resurgent Johnny and the youth squad’s Jesús Rodríguez, Betis redoubled its dominance and began to threaten rival territory. Bakambu soon made it 0-1 after stealing Mudrac’s purse, and then he made it 0-2 several times after assists from Assane, so in the end he had to suffer a lot to get back to victory, which was the target on the frosty Moldovan afternoon.
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– Petrocub Hincesti: Smalenea; Ion Jardan, Potirniche, Mudrac, Bors (Nahr, min. 34); Lungu (Agyemang, min. 76), Douanla (Diallo, min. 46), Demian; Ambros (Lupan, min. 64), Platica and Puscas (Caruntu, min. 76).
1 – Real Betis: Adrian; Ruibal, Diego Llorente, Natan, Ricardo Rodríguez; Assane, Cardoso (Altimira, min. 46), Mateo, Jesús (Abde, min. 46); Chimy Ávila and Bakambu (Vitor Roque, min. 85).
Goal: 0-1, min. 54: Bakambu
Referee: Lothar D’Hondt (Belgium). He advised locals Demian (min. 14), Lungu (min. 53) and the coach, Andrei Martin (min. 83); and the visitor Abde (min. 75).
Incidents: Match corresponding to day five of the Conference League group stage played at Stadionul Zimbru in Chisinau in front of around 7,000 spectators.
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Source: La Verdad
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