The beginning of the Spanish day was plagued with controversy.
Real Betis
, which was down two goals, reversed the score against
Elche
, which ended with three players sent off
.
Manuel Pellegrini's team was victorious 3-2 as a visitor and
Christian Bragarnik
was denounced by the match referee
in the minutes.
What happened?
The Spanish Fidel (7' PT, from a penalty) and the Argentine forward Lucas Boyé (9 PT) put the locals ahead, while the Spanish Borja Iglesias (20' ST), Juan Miranda (23' ST) and the Brazilian William José (45+5' ST, penalty) scored for the visit.
In turn, Borja Iglesias wasted a penalty in favor of Betis 43 minutes into the second half, before the brilliant cover of Spanish goalkeeper Edgar Badía.
Elche's anger is not only caused by the game they came back from, but also by how it happened
: they ended the match with nine players due to the expulsions of the Argentine Lisandro Magallán (11' ST), the Spanish Pape Cheikh (12' ST ) who was on the substitute bench and the Chilean Enzo Roco (45+3' ST).
The red card to the former Gymnastics and Boca occurred at the request of the VAR, when it reviewed the action in which the Argentine defender touched the ball with his hand, but without any intention
.
The ruling generated the protest of the local team and its fans.
"Anyone who has played football knows that this move can never be a red card," said Pablo Machín, Elche coach, after the game.
With this result, Betis reached 40 points and remains expectant in its goal of qualifying for the next European Champions League.
A totally different scenario is that of
Elche, with only nine units, which suffered a severe setback in its fight to stay in the highest category of Spanish football
.
Elche's anger with the match referee (Photo: AFP).
insults and threats
The minutes of the Elche-Betis match, drawn up by referee Iglesias Villanueva,
reflect insults and threats at the end of the match by several Elche leaders
, including the club's owner, the Argentine Christian Bragarnik, and members of the coaching staff, who
are exposed to sanctions by the Competition Committee and the Anti-Violence Commission
.
Elche, last in LaLiga, lost a game this Friday that they went on to win 2-0 after suffering three expulsions and being sanctioned with three penalties against, which sparked the outrage of players, coaches and leaders.
A rain of red cards, penalties and insults in Elche-Betis (Photo: EFE).
As Iglesias Villanueva reflects in the minutes, once the game was over
Christian Bragarnik went to the referee's locker room and said that "they are not going to leave here", alluding to the stadium
.
The general director of Elche, Pedro Schinocca, also addressed the referee with the phrase "I'm recording you son of a bitch", while he brought his phone close to his face.
The referee's report of the match between Elche-Betis.
The director of the sports area, Sergio Mantecón, was also identified by the police in the changing room tunnel when addressing one of the assistant referees with the following terms: "They are
scoundrels, sons of bitches
."
He repeated his message, as explained by Iglesias Villanueva in the minutes, repeatedly, for which he had to be restrained by several members of the National Police Force.
Prior to the incidents at the end, during the match the player Pape Cheikh, recently signed by the club and who has not yet been able to debut, was sent off with a direct red card for addressing the fourth official in the following terms: "What sons of bitches are you" .
After the game,
there were also moments of tension between the players of both teams and their coaching staff
, already in the tunnel to the changing rooms, when Elche considered that the Betic celebrations were out of place taking into account the circumstances and that they became a provocation.
The referee's report of the match between Elche-Betis.
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