The Verdiblanco team had a remarkable first half where they drew 1-1, but in the second half they were prisoners of their own mistakes and fear
The defeat at Old Trafford hurts the selection of Verdiblanca. The side seemed capable of a positive result, but what they were hoping for most of all was to get a score that would give them more options in the second leg. More if possible after watching the team take on Real Madrid. And even more so when they knew how to overcome the first goal and played a good first half where they were also about to take the lead on the scoreboard. the blow has been hard.
The punch and the competitiveness didn’t fix the defensive mistakes this time. Maybe this Betis, in certain scenarios, should stop and see what kind of rival they have ahead of them. And of course Manchester is not one of those teams that you don’t have to give a chance to run. That’s how it was with the first goal. Because more than the mistake of not taking advantage of the chance the Verdiblancos had with De Gea’s blunder, or the mistake of getting cleared by Luiz Felipe, what he really got wrong was facilitating a clean run by Rashford. There was no question of the necessary vigilance at the striker, the Brazilian central defender was bad at not taking a step forward and stopping meters.
Betis went looking for the failure in the pressure, in some they succeeded but in many others they failed and the races followed one another. Almost all the danger came mainly from their own mistakes and the dynamism that the English gave them. As in the second. Loss, badly stopped team and beautiful goal from Anthony again badly defended by Abner who didn’t have the day. And another goal as soon as it started, from which I can’t recover this time. It is striking that within the adjustments that the team needed on the left side, there had been no changeor with the trouble the Brazilian caused against Abner there.
When Pellegrini wanted to move the couch, the third arrived, with some controversy because the ball was outside the corner wedge, but with an alarming lack of intensity in the marks and an easy shot from Bruno Fernandes, for which Bravo could do a little more.
The confidence the score gave United saw them dominate the game, and that Betis would burn the ball. Something Ayoze emphasized in his statements after the crash. And it is that in the second half Betis barely entered the rival field with the controlled ball. He lacked personality and he only had it a few times and very sporadically. He limited himself to defending and persevering as he could. It wasn’t Abner’s night and when his nightmarish compatriot was taken from him, he couldn’t hold his replacement, leading to the fourth action. Another defensive foul and another corner after the departure.
Mistakes to correct and a mirror to look at, because the first part could very well serve as an example for some Verdiblancos who were the fewest Betis of the season, just when the moment was least favorable for them.
Source: Goal