Betis thrashes Osasuna and wants to fight for the Champions

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Álex Moreno celebrates his goal, Betis' fourth against Osasuna. Julio Muñoz (EFE)

Betis clings to the fight for the Champions League.

The Andalusian team went over Osasuna with a great display of football and efficiency.

A landslide in which footballers like William Carvalho or Álex Moreno stood out, capable of drawing two plays of the highest level to score the two goals that rounded off the just victory from Betica.

Betis is a happy team, clinging to the idea of ​​its coach, Manuel Pellegrini, who played his 400th game in the Spanish League.

From that happiness he draws plays like those of Carvalho or Álex Moreno, who destroyed Osasuna's resistance, very focused on attack in search of the equalizer after Budimir's goal.

BETBetis

4

Bravo, Héctor Bellerín, Álex Moreno (Raul García de Haro, min. 90), Bartra, Víctor Ruiz, Guido Rodríguez, Aitor Ruibal (Rodri, min. 75), Joaquín (Guardado, min. 80), William Carvalho, Juanmi ( Sabaly, minute 91) and Willian José

OSA Osasuna

1

Herrera, David García, Juan Cruz (Aridane, min. 45), Nacho Vidal (Javi Martínez, min. 68), Manu Sánchez (José Ángel, min. 45), Brasanac (Kike García, min. 68), Jon Moncayola, Lucas Torró, Ante Budimir, Chimy Ávila and Rubén García (Roberto Torres, min. 79)

Goals

1-0 min.

33: Juanmi.

2-0 min.

45: Juanmi.

2-1 min.

64: Before Budimir.

3-1 min.

81: William Carvalho.

4-1 min.

87: Alex Moreno.

Referee

Valentin Pizarro Gomez

Yellow cards William Carvalho (min. 37), José Ángel (min. 80), David García (min. 86) and Chimy Ávila (min. 89)

Betis wins, fighting for the Champions League, and makes its people happy, who dream of the Cup title. They do so by enjoying football and without longing for their two great stars, Fekir and Canales, who missed the match against Osasuna .

The Navarrese team has it all done in the League, with permanence virtually seized.

Betis went over him.

He had to face the match against such an in-form opponent with more intensity, as in some sections of the second half, when Budimir's goal put him in the match.

The break, Betis, has been wonderful.

His pace was fantastic throughout the match.

Betis enjoys a great season.

Stuck in the Cup final, he faces matches like the one in Osasuna with enormous maturity.

It matters little to him that there are no players like Canales or Fekir, nor Borja Iglesias.

Pellegrini's frame is a very well assembled machine.

For this reason, without either of his two references in the field, luxury subordinates appear who carry out their function with talent and precision.

At the top we must place Joaquín, who at 40 years old moved with enormous ease to provide Betis with football.

From the vantage point of his experience, Joaquín set the pace of the game in an incredible way, well supported by two players like Guido and William Carvalho.

To that football triangle of passing and control, Betis added speed and overflow thanks to its two full-backs, Bellerín and Álex Moreno,

Many arguments against, therefore, for an Osasuna with everything done in the League.

This is how the Navarrese have earned it.

Of course, at Villamarín they were unable to stop Betis' barrage of play.

At 12 minutes, Álex Moreno, who gave a real recital, sent a header to the crossbar so that Joaquín failed with everything in his favor under the sticks.

At 13, a clear contact by goalkeeper Herrera on Aitor Ruibal as he left was not considered a penalty.

Two very clear options from Betis that barely had an answer in Osasuna, tied to two long shots from Moncayola.

One was cleared by Bravo with some difficulty.

In Bellerín's umpteenth overflow on the wing, the ball ended up in the small area, where Nacho Vidal tried to clear without realizing that Juanmi was going to steal his bag to score.

A roguish goal that illustrates the qualities of this striker who broke his losing streak to reach his 17th goal this season.

At the stroke of half-time, the second blow came from the other flank, with a great pass from Álex Moreno after a forward pass from Víctor Ruiz.

Juanmi finished off with the left to make a great goal, the second of an Andalusian team launched.

And there are 18.

Herrera kept Osasuna in the match with two great saves against Bartra and Víctor Ruiz.

Football, which makes no sense, went from the predictable 3-1 to 2-1 in the only mistake made by the Betis defense.

Budimir scored and the score narrowed.

Not so the difference between this Betis and Osasuna.

Carvalho got into the area to leave Herrera sitting on the ground and beat him in a play of enormous quality.

Villamarín collapsed.

Like when Álex Moreno rounded off his great game with a fantastic goal.

The winger, who is knocking on the doors of the national team, got into the area, tunneled past David García and scored with his right foot.

It was the fourth.

a delight

Like the state of happiness of this Betis who wants much more.

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