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His left foot and his movements are increasingly reminiscent of Julio Cardeñosa, one of the myths of Beticismo.
Sergio Canales is the leader of Betis and the football he distills triggers the performance of a team that, after overwhelming Alavés, is screwed into third place in the standings.
Manuel Pellegrini's Betis enjoyed the excellence of an involved footballer, who in the maturity of his 30 years offers a magnificent performance.
BETBetis
4
Bravo, Hector Bellerin, Pezzella, Juan Miranda, Edgar González, Juanmi (Diego Lainez, min. 82), Guido Rodríguez (William Carvalho, min. 70), Canales (Rodri, min. 71), Guardado, Nabil Fekir (Camarasa, min. 82) and Borja Iglesias (Willian José, min. 70)
ALA Alavés
0
Pacheco, Matt Miazga, Laguardia, Martín Aguirregabiria, Rubén Duarte (Javi López, min. 47), Luis Rioja, Escalante (Pina, min. 45), Jason (Tachi, min. 45), Toni Moya (Manu Garcia, min. 45), Edgar Méndez and Joselu (Miguel De La Fuente, min. 74)
Goals
1-0 min.
10: Borja Iglesias.
2-0 min.
28: Channels.
3-0 min.
40: Borja Iglesias.
4-0 min.
53: Juanmi.
Referee
Jose Maria Sanchez Martinez
Yellow cards Edgar González (min. 71) and Guardado (min. 80)
Beticismo is happy with this great Canales, who just as well raises his head on the left wing and puts it like Rafael Gordillo, who is capable of defining with a shot to the top corner after an elegant drive. With absolute freedom to move, Canales teamed up with Fekir over and over again, sought the backs of the Alavés defense and still rose above the rest of his teammates to set the times of the game by himself.
José Luis Mendilibar's Alavés was captivated by the inspiration and talent of Betis, a team in great form that put on a real great match and scored goals of all colors to overwhelm the Basque team. The visiting coach had a hard time on the wing due to the facilities that his team offered in defense. Giving away so much field to Canales facilitated his work of art in Betis' second goal. The American Miazga in the third was inappropriate for professional football. An Alavés who exerted good forward pressure, with interesting players, such as Rioja, who, by the way, did not cut a hair in asking Fekir for the shirt at half-time and with 3-0 against. Rioja, Andalusian and Sevillian from Las Cabezas de San Juan, is a fervent fan of Betis.
A Betis in which Borja Iglesias recovered the goal helped by the magic of the players behind him. A team well managed by Pellegrini, which is alive in all three competitions and gives the impression that it arrives launched at the decisive stage of the season. With their fans exultant after eliminating Sevilla from the Cup and with just 40 hours of rest against Alavés who had 10 days to prepare for the match, Betis had a high-level first half. Pacheco's arrivals in the area were continuous from minute two, when Juanmi shot very close to Pacheco's post, then powerless to stop the barrage that came at him. Alavés tried, without a doubt, but it is not easy to stop a team as vertical and dynamic as Betis.
Mendilibar tried to stop the bleeding by making three changes at halftime. He encountered Duarte's injury and the reactivation of the barrage that was Betis' game, now with the field ahead to crush the counterattack. Fekir saw Juanmi's quick uncheck and he beat Pacheco with an elegant Vaseline. The party was one of the big ones in Heliopolis, whose people see that this Betis can do great things after a few years of mediocrity. A wish that can come true with players like Canales or Fekir, accompanied by a committed group with a lot of goals, who devoured an Alavés without resources with devilish transitions. With this victory against Alavés,Betis will remain in third place no matter what happens on the following day and before the league break due to the international qualifying matches for Qatar 2022.
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