Betis wrapped up their Europa League journey this Thursday by being knocked out in the Round of 16 by Manchester United, who took Sevilla to a 4-1 draw in the first leg. He defeated his opponent 0-1 again. in the second half with a goal from the English national team Marcus Rashford.
Spanish team as in the first match made a good first halfDespite not having a clear shot, he beat the Englishman, but as in Manchester, his opponents scored in the early seconds and controlled the situation.
This is the second time United have visited the Benito Villamarín stadium this season, but this time with the possibility of reaching the quarter-finals of the Europa League, it’s a very different situation than when they played in a friendly match on December 10 when both teams took advantage of the break. Qatar 2022 World Cup dispute.
Thus, the line-up coached by Dutchman Erik ten Hag, who did not have the fourteen players called up for the World CupLost 1-0 with a goal by French midfielder Nabil Fekir.He could not make it to this appointment as he suffered a serious knee injury a few weeks ago and missed the rest of the season.
How did this victory for the Verdiblanca line-up fall short, in a game where Juanmi Jiménez reappeared three months later due to another serious injury on Thursday? Chile’s Manuel Pellegrini had to do it now after losing 4-1 at Old Trafford stadium a week ago.
From the very beginning, the South American coach stuck to his usual rotations, leaving key players like Sergio Canales and Borja Iglesias on the bench, while his English team counterpart did not have Brazilian Antony, who was his two best offensive man. and Argentinean Alejandro Garnacho, these are due to physical losses.
HE Betis came out without a complex, she had nothing to lose, and Juanmi and Joaquín Sánchez took advantage of United’s failure to back down to surprise him in their bailouts, where they soon came close to scoring, but both lost too tight to the left of Madrid goalkeeper David de Gea. .
these two favors He did nothing but redouble his efforts to kickstart the road to success, and his opponents also showed some instability to defend. Time ran out in the face of the locals, who were forced to make a forced substitution after twenty-six minutes due to the injury of Brazilian left-back Abner Vinicius.
Although the Spanish team wanted to control the situation with the English possession control, the team that was close, although not accurate on the last shot, was the side that put the most desire into the opponent’s field. The goal scorer in the last game of the first half was the Uruguayan winger of United Facundo Pellistri and after a free kick the ball hit the post.
If at the beginning of the game Betis needed to score early to double their comeback hopes.In the second half, he already did everything for that goal that would at least give him the win, but this also gave the opponent more space options towards the goal of Portuguese Rui Silva.
Rashford had two clear chances to make the match 0-1 without having the right perspective. He did not forgive for the third time and scored a fantastic goal with a right foot from off the field.so ten minutes after the restart, more ground was put in the middle of the draw.
The goal drew the reaction of both benches consume changes and distribute efforts He remained in a game where everything was said about the winner of the round, but an attempt to put another result, which was not a new defeat, still failed to give the Verdiblanco team.