The Real Betis and the Bayer Leverkusen They provided an exciting game at Benito Villamarín, where they signed a fair draw (1-1) that keeps their swords high in the fight for the first place in Group G of the UEFA Europa League. The Germans were better at the start and had a great chance to make it 1-2 in injury time, but the one who got ahead was the Betis thanks to a penalty transformed by Borja Iglesias placeholder image in the 75th minute, equaled shortly after by a rebounding goal from Andrich.
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The Real Betis suffered a lot in the initial stretch of the game, which the Germans faced better planted, with a Diaby that at 30 seconds he had already taken advantage of a loss of Joaquin to throw a pipe to Montoya and create a double chance in the area of Claudio Bravo, whom you put to the test Alario shortly after in another play by the young French international winger, a headache at the start for the Betic right wing that they defended Montoya and Joaquin, to which the intense rhythm of the Germans could.
The images of Betis draw with Bayer Leverkusen
Those of Pellegrini were slow to settle on the field, with few appearances of Fekir, that this time he did not have at his exit side Rodri and Channels. William Carvalho was in charge of taking the stripes and from his boots came a great pass to Borja Iglesias placeholder image, who shot from the front so that the goal Hradecky made a bad clearance that he picked up Aitor Ruibal and sent the clouds to a half-empty door, on the best occasion of the entire first period. Another good move from William (41 ‘) allowed Borja and Fekir make a good wall on the front with a shot from the Frenchman that the German goalkeeper sent for a corner, after which a new chance came for the Betis.
After the break, Pellegrini gave entrance to Lainez and Alex Moreno instead of Joaquin and the admonished Miranda and the Betis little by little he took control of the game, hardly letting the Germans disturb Bravo. A penalty for hands validated by the VAR allowed Borja Iglesias placeholder image (75 ‘) put the Betis ahead, although the joy lasted only six minutes, which took the visitors to tie with a shot from Andrich that bounced off William Carvalho and completely misled Claudio Bravo.
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BAYER LEVERKUSEN
Real Betis: Claudio Bravo (3); Montoya (2), Pezzella (2), Edgar (3), Miranda (2) (Alex Moreno 46 ‘(2)); Guido Rodríguez (3), William Carvalho (3); Joaquín (1) (Lainez 46 ‘(2)), Fekir (2) (Channels 64’ (2)), Aitor Ruibal (2); and Borja Iglesias (3) (Willian Jose 85 ‘(2)).
Bayer Leverkusen: Hradecky (3); Frimpong (3), Tah (2), Tapsoba (2), Hincapie (2) (Bakker 77 ‘(2)); Andrich (3), Demirbay (3); Bellarabi (3) (Paulinho 76 ‘(2)), Adli (2) (Wirtz 68’ (2)), Diaby (2) (Palacios 90 ‘(-)); and Alario (2) (Schick 68 ‘(2)).
Goals: 1-0, m.75 .: Borja Iglesias, from a penalty. 1-1, m.81: William Carvalho, own goal.
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (POL). VAR: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL). Yellows to Miranda (9 ‘), Alario (49’), Tapsoba (61 ‘), Pezzella and Hincapie (71’),
Stadium: Benito Villamarín. Matchday 3 of Group G of the Europa League, with 39,230 spectators.
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