Villarreal 1-2 Real Betis | Comeback raid on La Cerámica | OneFootball

The green-and-white side beat Villarreal at La Cerámica after coming from behind in four minutes. Pellegrini’s men had chances to kill the game on the counterattack.

First half: Four minutes and a comeback

The start of the match was very intense and with no clear dominant side, both teams looking to create danger. In the 8th minute, Pepe hit a low shot that went wide to the left of Vallés’ goal. Two minutes later, Bellerín had Betis’ first big chance, but Gulácsi produced a superb save to prevent the green-and-white goal. In the 12th minute, Gerard Moreno scored from a corner, but the goal was ruled out for offside.

Villarreal kept pushing and in the 19th minute found the net again, but once more it was disallowed. Buchanan received from Romeo and, off balance, struck with the inside of his foot, sending the ball in by Vallés’ far post, but the goal would not stand. Finally, in the 30th minute, the Yellow Submarine took the lead: with a header, Renato Veiga directed the ball to the far post and Gerard volleyed it home with class to make it 1-0, taking advantage of another defensive lapse from Betis.

Before the break, Betis responded and in the 39th minute found the equalizer. A shot ended up in Gulácsi’s hands, but the rebound fell kindly for Cucho, who made no mistake to make it 1-1. Just when everything pointed to the teams going into halftime level, in the 43rd minute the green-and-whites completed the comeback: Isco swung a corner into the box, Abde got a free header, and after the ball came loose at the far post, Natan appeared to make it 1-2. The match went into halftime with Villarreal knocked out in four minutes.

Second half: Green-and-white resistance, Yellow Submarine frustration

After the break, Betis kept the initiative and threatened again. In the 55th minute, Abde once again got past Mouriño and pulled the ball back to the edge of the box for Cucho, whose shot was saved by Gulácsi with his foot. Villarreal responded and began to push for the equalizer, but without finding any clarity in the final third.

In the 62nd minute, Pepe sent a ball to the far post where Mikautadze appeared with an advantage, but the forward slipped at the crucial moment just as he was about to strike with his right foot. The Yellow Submarine kept up the pressure and searched hard for the equalizer, but Betis found space on the counterattack. In the 70th minute, Deossa received the ball out wide and went practically one-on-one with Gulácsi, but the Hungarian goalkeeper once again rescued his side with a brilliant point-blank save.

Betis had several chances to put the game to bed in the closing minutes. Cucho, Antony and Bellerín all threatened near Villarreal’s goal. The clearest chance fell to Deossa, who was reproached by Cucho for not passing the ball to him when he was completely unmarked. Villarreal pushed until the end, but Betis held firm to secure a deserved victory at La Cerámica.

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