Luck smiles on Betis in Cyprus and jumps to the lead

2023-10-26 21:04:24

Luck smiled on Betis in Cyprus against Aris Limasol, because immediately after the post prevented a goal from the home team with a quarter of an hour remaining, Ayoze, after two other consecutive visiting posts to the post, was in charge of give a very important victory to Manuel Pellegrini’s team. The Canarian striker scored the winning goal for Betis, although it was Abde, their most dangerous and unbalanced player, who generated that decisive play that relaunched the Sevillian team in such an evenly matched Europa League group. The post also prevented an Aris goal in the 87th minute and Betis thus jumped from last to first place in the group, confirming themselves as favorites to advance to the next phase.

Betis is a team without a goal and had to wait until the final stretch to, after getting a scare in one of the Aris counters, open the scoring thanks to Abde and Ayoze, the footballer who successfully played as a center forward after the departure of Willian José. Only two minutes after the Brazilian’s retirement, Ayoze was in the right place to resolve a duel that became too complicated for Betis due to its lack of definition and continuity and for allowing Aris to grow, which had a constant threat in Babicka on the counterattack. . However, Abde was the true figure of the match, with his speed and ability to overwhelm the left wing, from which he generated the goal that demolished Aris, who never gave up and even had their opportunities to win.

Betis delivered against the weakest rival in the group, who after defeating Rangers on their home field could not defeat Pellegrini’s team in a game of alternatives, but with a very tiring pace, in which hitting was key. The clubs allied themselves with Betis, who dominated but got stuck until the final stretch against a tough opponent who for a long time had to defend and wait for what they like most, playing on the counter.

Aris Limassol

Vana, Boakye (Cajú, 26 minutes), Moussounda, Yago, Urosevic, Struski (Brown, 62 minutes), Skoze, Mayambela (Sproljaric, 85 minutes), Gomis (Stepinski, 85 minutes), Bengtsson (Montnor, 85 minutes). min. 85) and Babicka.

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Betis

Rui Silva, Aitor Ruibal, Pezzella, Marc Roca, Abner, Guido Rodríguez, William Carvalho (Guardado, min. 79), Luiz Henrique (Isco, min. 72), Ayoze (Borja Iglesias, min. 79), Abde (Rodri, min. 88) and Willian José (Diao, min. 72).

Goal: 0-1: min. 74, Ayoze.

Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia). Yellow cards to Bengtsson, Gomis, Ayoze and Guardado.

Incidents: Match corresponding to the third day of the Europa League, played at the Alphamega Stadium in Limasol.

However, there it also came out expensive for Betis, who with nine changes compared to the eleven that played in the Coliseum against Getafe and with Isco, Diao and Borja Iglesias on the bench, obtained their second consecutive victory in Europe thanks to the counterattack. What could have been a 1-0 went in a flash to 0-1 and, although Betis was also saved from the tie by not being able to control and cool down the match, it did force the Brazilian goalkeeper Vaná to work and he did more merits than Aris to add three points that make them leaders, with two points ahead of Sparta Prague and Rangers.