this Real Betis Chile’s Manuel Pellegrini continues his winning dynamic in LaLigaAlthough he still has not completed his squad with new transfers and is in avant-garde positions. Adding six points after his victory over Elche and this Saturday against Mexico’s Javier Aguirre’s Mallorca, which Borja Iglesias defeated 1-2 on penalty goals.

Aguirre (aged 63) and Pellegrini (68) both have gray hair with proven experience in world football and in an intense duel facing off from the first minute resulted in 15 yellow cards, 7 for locals and 8 for visitors.

Betis He landed on the island, which was declining due to casualties and the signatures he could not record.; Mallorca have only done so with a squad with two new faces (Rajkovic and Copete) and whose ups and downs have yet to be determined.

Penalty conditioned the development of the first division. Battaglia intercepted a ball that Juanmi threw on the field with his forearm, and although González Fuertes initially did not appreciate the maximum foul, he accepted the ball after being briefed by VAR.

Mallorca had started well, but after the verdiblancos advantage – today in a blue striped shirt – they had to make do. improvise on the fly Against a Betis who is unaffected by the injury streak or the bureaucratic barriers to registering new signings.

Vermilion faced the immeasurable in the first episode. If the fan’s idol, Kosovar Vedat Muriqi, does not get the ball in the circumstances, your contribution is minimal; If the line of five defenders with three defenders is crossed more easily than expected, the gap is too big even for a goalkeeper like Serbian national jersey Predrag Rajkovic.

Pellegrino’s team it was calm enough to withstand the intensity of the localsPushed by the spectators, some watch the match at a distance of about 7 meters from the playing field after the athletics track has been removed.

Betis not only withstood the local intensity, but came dangerously close. couldn’t take his chance After the restart (56 minutes), he paid the price with Muriqi’s goal. After a measured cross from South Korea’s Kang In Lee.

The Kosovar closed one eye to celebrate the goal with the fans, referring to the nickname “The Pirate” known on the island.

Joy was short-lived in the Majorcan fiefdom. Battaglia’s unfortunate move with a second penalty, this time knocking out Fekir, became even more controversial, forcing Mallorca to make a huge effort to level the score.

Borja Iglesias scores again from 11 meters and his splintHis goal against Getafe temporarily makes him the League’s top scorer.

The vermilion came close to equalizing several times, the clearest of which was a direct shot from South Korea’s Kang In Lee hitting the crossbar; The rebound was sought by Jaume Costa, but his shot was cleared by Rui Silva.

The final stretch was crazyBut Betis knew how to keep her advantage against a Mallorca who was heavily punished with two ridiculous penalties.

Data sheet

1 – Majorca: Rajkovic; Maffeo, Copete, Railo, Valjent, Costa; Battaglia (Baba, min. 79), Grenier (Antonio Sánchez, min. 63), Dani Rodríguez (Abdón Prats, min. 79); Kang in Lee and Muriqi.

2 – Real Betis: Rui Silva; Aitor Ruibal, Edgar Pezella, Edgar, Álex Moreno; Guido Rodríguez, William Carvalho (Morón, min. 89); Rodri (González, min. 64), Fekir, Juanmi; Borja Iglesias n (Akouokou, min. 79)

Goals: 0-1, min. 8: Borja Iglesias, from penalty; 1-1 min. 46: Muriqi; 1-2 min. 71: Borja Iglesias.

Judge: Pablo González Fuertes (Asturian Committee). Grenier (min. 48), Dani Rodríguez (min. 65), Battaglia (min. 69), Raillo (min. 69), Maffeo (min. 83); Carvalho (min. 1), Juanmi (min. 36), Fekir (min. 65), Pezella (min. 70), Rober (min. 82), Rodríguez (min. 83), Rui Silva (min. 85) , from Betis.

Events: The match, which coincided with the second day of LaLiga, was played at Visit Mallorca Estadi in front of 15,579 spectators, 500 of whom were Betis fans. The Balearic club premiered the new stands of the East Tribune, which brought the public closer to the pitch following the removal of the track and field. Steve Kerr, former Golden State Warriors player, current NBA champion, and head coach of the USA national team, witnessed the match at the Last Moix box at the invitation of Balearic club president Andy Kohlberg.