Draw against a stingier Betis in a derby where Sevilla has the upper hand

After a more balanced and clear-cut first half, The Sevilla duel ended ‘hot’ with Betic being kicked out of the game after Juan Miranda’s hard intervention in the 87th minute. Jesus Navas, Although more assertive, Sevilla failed to break the draw by scoring a goal against Betis, who took another small step to secure their third consecutive presence in Europe.

Both teams came at a good time for a Sevilla Cain duel with a European flavor and always characterized by tension, nervousness, passion and uncertainty. Sevilla, who experienced more physical wear and tear than Thursday’s game against Juventus, but with enthusiasm to reach the seventh Europa League final; and Betis, after gaining two weights in a row (0-1 at Bilbao and 3-1) against Rayo and with the option to document its presence in Europe for the third consecutive year.

Betis is one game missing, with 55 points behind sixth, 4th from fifth (Villarreal) and 10 behind fourth (Real Sociedad), Chile’s Manuel Pellegrini made three changes regarding the win against Rayo, Two predictable are the above for Édgar and Willian José, like Italian-Brazilian Luiz Felipe and Borja Iglesias, and Brazilian left-back Abner’s surprise for Miranda.

Coach Jose Luis MendilibaThe great architect of Sevilla’s resurrection with a total of 8 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss with 5 wins in the last six league games, He replaced his eleven with eight changes compared to the one that sealed his transition to the Europa League final, among them Rafa Mir for the Moroccan En-Nesyri. Only from head office Serbian Gudelj and media Óliver Torres and Croatian Ivan Rakitic repeated and separated Navas, Badé, Acuña, Fernando, Bryan Gil or Ocampos, among others.

Derby, which started with intensity, did not experience any danger in the areas. It’s as if both teams, who are very skeptical, don’t want to take too much risk. The Sevilla players, who had great respect for each other, perhaps had more possession, but lacked depth, the same thing with Betis.

Verdiblancos, commanded by Argentinean Guido Rodríguez and Portuguese William Carvalho, channelshowever, since they were all focused on inclusion rather than anything else, they preferred to make the gaps ephemeral and close. rather than actually attacking. And aside from the more vertical movement of two ‘loose verses’, one for each side, caution almost always prevailed on both teams: Senegalese Pape Gueye on Nervionenses and Brazilian Luiz Henrique on Heliopolitans.

Beyond a frustrated shot attempt by Borja Iglesias after a wasted corner, or a high shot from Argentina’s Papu Gómez for Sevilla after the first quarter of an hour, The conservative scenario of both teams continued to prevail.with a determined fight for every ball, but without chances to score in a straight and intense first half.

The two-disciplined and cowardly team were best to keep their place and not let their opponents space when Rafa Mir’s low shot four minutes after the timeout followed a great cross from Óliver Torres and responded. Chile’s Claudio Bravo made a great save, but the action was called off due to a clear offside from a player from Cartagena.

During the reboot, the Nervión team came up with one more point of intensity.Carvalho, who came in for Luis Henrique at halftime, against a Betis who continued unconcerned with Canales, Ayoze or Rodri, with more spark and a relatively more offensive stance, despite almost no major shocks in more conscious areas than usual.

On offense, the Sevillistas experimented with no show off or crystal clear, Mir and Papu Gómez’s shots from Bravo’s goal to the side of the net, which also saw how Papu Gueye shot high on another comeback or Argentine Lamela didn’t engage the head. A center from Telles and he successfully intercepted the long field goal, replacing Suso, who replaced Óliver Torres, who was ‘tapped’ shortly after the break, and someone else from Lamela on the rebound.

Betis where Juanmi and Paul entered before discreet visitor benefits for the vanishing Borja Iglesias and Carvalho -So did Joaquín, who was later booed by Miranda and Abner and Canales-, continue without carburetor and other appointments disappointed by not being an assertive and vertical team, to the point where he didn’t finish a single goal.

Mendilibar also made a move looking for more depth, first putting in more gunpowder with En-Nesyri and Bryan Gil, and then putting Jesús Navas and Argentinian Acuña for Mir, Papu, Montiel and Telles, but failed to find ways to translate their Sevilla dominance. With luck from Lamela, Pape Gueye, and En-Nesyri, she turned into something else, even though she was the closest to the castle.

Betis underplayed a man for ten minutes, including overtime, after Miranda was ejected with a red card in the 87th minute after the referee was shown a yellow card for a harsh tackle against Navas. After seeing the movement on the screen at the bottom of the field, VAR made a correction, but Sevilla did not turn this situation into an advantage. Finally, Distribution of points in Pizjuán.