Betis put an end to its negative streak with “golden” scorer Isco

She got nervous but came back to wins and got closer to her positions La Liga which give a European ticket n Betis!

The Andalusians were superior to the Granada in “Benito Villamarin”, having the initiative of the movements for the most part of the match and creating opportunities in front of the opponent’s goal, but they needed a lucky goal of Isco in the 76th minute and a disallowed away goal in the 82nd minute to celebrate the narrow victory with the final 1-0.

By Socrates Papastathopoulos starting, Betis missed their first big chance to open the scoring in the 23rd minute when Battaya denied the goal to Byewhile the Greek defender almost sent the ball into the net in the 53rd minute, when, having advanced for a corner, he shot with power over a defender’s body.

Finally, the Betis took the lead in the 76th minute, when Roca perfectly laid the ball to Isco, and he shot hard, the ball beating a defender before finding the back of the net. In the 82nd Aretso he equalized for Granada, but his goal was disallowed after VAR suggested a marginal offside, with 1-0 remaining until the end.

Thus, Betis rose to 31 points, closing within -1 of 6th Sociedad, while Granada remained penultimate, 5 points away from salvation.

The 20th matchday:



Friday 12/1

Sevilla-Alavés 2-3

(70′ Rafa Mir, 82′ pen Ocampos – 26′ Tenalia, 40′ Quique Garcia, 90′ Ruben Duarte)

Saturday 13/1

Las Palmas-Villarreal 3-0

(8′, 63′ Rodriguez, 51′ Erthog)

Mallorca-Thelta 1-1

(43′ Larin – 10′ Aspas)

Athletic Bilbao-Real Sociedad 2-1

(30′, 42′ Berenger – 87′ Ouarthambal)

Betis-Granada 1-0

(76′ Isco)

Sunday 14/1

Almeria-Girona (15:00)

Cádiz-Valencia (17:15)

The next (21st) matchday:



Friday 19/1

Alavés-Cádiz (22:00)

Saturday 20/1

Rayo Vallecano-Las Palmas (15:00)

Villarreal-Mallorca (17:15)

Valencia-Athletic Bilbao (19:30)

Sunday 21/1

Osasuna-Getafe (15:00)

Real Madrid – Almeria (17:15)

Betis-Barcelona (19:30)

Girona-Seville (22:00)

Monday 22/1

Granada-Atletico