Heroic victory for Betis at Villarreal

Real Betis achieved a heroic victory at Villarreal despite playing an hour with fewer players due to Chimy Ávila’s harsh dismissal just minutes after Vitor Roque had put Betis ahead. Although down by one, Betis doubled their advantage with a great goal from Lo Celso from a direct free kick as soon as the second half started and knew how to withstand the home team’s offensive without going over. in extreme difficulties, because the dominance of Villarreal, apart from Baena’s goal and a header from Yeremy Pino that Sabaly took over the line, hardly served to disturb the goal of Vieites.

Betis had the better of Villarreal in the first half where almost nothing happened until half an hour had passed, when Vitor Roque connected an accurate header in the area after a superb cross from Abde and put the green and white team ahead ahead on the scoreboard. doing justice to what was seen on the pitch until then.

Villarreal, very imprecise in defense and without any bite up front, could not get dangerously close around Fran Vieites, although the game changed completely just two minutes after Betic’s goal, when Cuadra Fernández decided to drive out very tightly. direct red card to Chimy Ávila for a tackle on Alex Baena in midfield where he barely touched the rival player.

With one less and more than an hour of play, Betis was not broken. Furthermore, Vítor Roque himself forced a foul on the front line as soon as the second half started and Lo Celso converted a direct free kick to make it 0-2 with a great left-footed shot into the top corner.

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From then on, Pellegrini’s team knew how to defend themselves with organization and Villarreal abused the lateral centers which were almost always repulsed by the Betic center backs, as neither Gerard Moreno nor Ayoze created a chance in scoring.