Betis - Barcelona, ​​the Super Cup live | Xavi's men dominate from the start

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Barcelona and Betis are fighting this Thursday for a place in the final of the Spanish Super Cup in which Real Madrid is already waiting, who won their semifinal yesterday against Valencia.

For the moment, the Andalusians and the Catalans are tied goalless in the first half, although Xavi's men dominate the game from the start against a Betis team that is not managing to get hold of the ball.

Barça arrives in good shape after consolidating their leadership in LaLiga, and they have Lewandowski again, who has already had three chances to finish off inside the Betic area.

De Jong for Busquets in the center of the field is the main novelty in the eleven of the Catalans.

The Verdiblancos, current Copa del Rey champions, will seek to sneak into the second final of a Spanish Super Cup after the one they played in 2005,

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Bravo, Juan Miranda, Pezzella, Luiz Felipe, Aitor Ruibal, Fekir, Rodri, Canales, Luiz Henrique, Guido Rodríguez and Borja Iglesias

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Ter Stegen, Koundé, Alba, Ronald Araújo, Sergi Roberto, Pedri, Gavi, Frenkie De Jong, Lewandowski, Ousmane Dembélé and Raphinha

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Carlos del Cerro Grande

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GOAL DISABLED FOR OFF PLAY

The goal against Pedro is annulled due to Raphinha's previous offside.

Remember that in this edition of the European Super Cup there is a semi-automatic offside.

It is a very fair offside, but offside. 

ACT.12 JAN 2023 - 19:25

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GOAL FOR BARCELONA, GOAL FOR PEDRI

Great play by Barcelona and Raphinha's cross into the area on Pedri, who breaks the offside and scores. 

ACT.12 JAN 2023 - 19:24

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First approach of Betis and Fekir close to scoring

Luiz Henrique is the only footballer who has the ability to have the ball and create some problems for Barcelona.

In an action by the Brazilian, Sergi Roberto has had it.

Then, Koundé's mistake and Fekir was about to score.

Saved Araujo. 

ACT.12 JAN 2023 - 19:22

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Troubles for Betis

Betis cannot get hold of the ball, with Fekir and Canales far from being protagonists.

Given this scenario, Barcelona dominates the game at will.

Of course, the Catalan team needs to translate their great dominance in the game into danger. 

ACT.12 JAN 2023 - 19:19

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Two warnings from Barcelona

The game is played in only one direction, the one marked by Barcelona.

The difference is on the wings, where Raphinha and Dembelé are creating a lot of danger.

Lewandowski has had two chances to finish off inside the area, well resolved by the Betis defense. 

ACT.12 JAN 2023 - 19:17

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Araújo is a tank

The Barcelona central defender has great physical strength.

Sometimes he does not measure well, as in the play in which he collided with Bravo, who took a strong blow after a Barcelona corner kick.

Bravo has already recovered. 

ACT.12 JAN 2023 - 19:11

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Dominance of Barcelona against a timid Betis

The first minutes of the crash offer a clear picture.

Barcelona dominates the ball and is putting a Betis in their field that does not exercise any control of the ball.

However, at the moment Betis is not in trouble.

Control, therefore, of Barcelona. 

ACT.12 JAN 2023 - 19:12

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Betis starts - Barcelona

A game where the winner will face Madrid next Sunday, clash will be played at 20:00.

In Madrid, Lucas Vázquez has been injured for a month and a half. 

ACT.12 JAN 2023 - 19:03

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warm up finished

Everything is ready now for the dispute of the semifinal of the Super Cup between Betis and Barcelona. 

ACT.12 JAN 2023 - 18:51

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Nash, the secret of penalties and Madrid's decade without losing a round

David Alvarez

John Nash, the mathematician portrayed in the movie A Beautiful Mind, could have helped Real Madrid and Valencia on Wednesday night when their Super Cup semi-final went to penalties.

Nash was one of the pioneers of game theory, and penalties, which Gattuso associated with "luck" and Ancelotti said that he practiced little, fall squarely within the domain of this area of ​​mathematics.

The shooter and the goalkeeper go to the penalty knowing that what they get out of it depends on what the opponent fails to achieve.

It is the type of situation that game theory deals with: the result that a participant obtains depends on his interaction with others and on how his different interests come together there.

"A penalty kick is a game of strategy," says London School of Economics professor Ignacio Palacios-Huerta.

"Left,

right or center

And you should enlist the help of game theorists to prepare them.

With the money that is at stake, it is incredible that almost no team has these types of experts.

Read the full article by clicking here.

ACT.12 JAN 2023 - 18:46

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Óscar Hernández: "Busquets doesn't play to rest him"

Barcelona's second coach, Óscar Hernández, clarified that Busquets' absence in the duel against Betis is due to fatigue.

"Yes, above all it is due to fatigue, also due to some physical discomfort the other day. With Raphinha and Dembelé we want to strengthen our game on the wings", clarified the brother and assistant of Xavi Hernández. 

ACT.12 JAN 2023 - 18:41

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The Spanish Super Cup, a level test for Xavi

David Alvarez

Xavi Hernández returns tonight to a locker room where something remarkable happened a year ago, which will be taken as a reference to measure where Barça is.

The Super Cup semifinal had just finished —like today against Betis (8:00 p.m. Movistar)—, Real Madrid eliminated them in extra time (2-3) and the president, Joan Laporta, entered the dressing room of the Rey stadium Fahd to tell them that he felt "proud" of the party: "You have shown your face, you have shown pride, the ability to overcome, courage... As president of Barça and on behalf of my board, I congratulate you," he told them.

The preview of the match, by

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ACT.12 JAN 2023 - 18:34

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Pellegrini: "We want to win by giving a show"

"Barcelona has a very strong squad, but we have an idea made with some tactical nuances. This is a tournament that represents Spanish football and we have the obligation to win by showing off," says Manuel Pellegrini, Betis coach, in the preview of the meeting 

ACT.12 JAN 2023 - 18:24

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A very special bracelet at Betis

Betis remembers Miqué Roqué on his captain's armband, a Betis player and also from the Barcelona youth academy who died prematurely in 2012 from cancer. 

ACT.12 JAN 2023 - 18:16

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Busquets will be on the bench at Barcelona

Barcelona will play with Ter Stegen;

Sergi Roberto, Araujo, Koundé, Jordi Alba;

De Jong, Gavi, Pedri;

Dembele, Lewandowski and Raphinha.

Araujo and Koundé will be the center-backs and De Jong will be the pivot with Busquets on the bench.

Xavi will look for his first title as coach of the Catalan team. 

ACT.12 JAN 2023 - 18:03

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Bravo, Rodri and Miranda, news at Betis

Manuel Pellegrini has offered a starting eleven with some novelties at Betis.

Bravo;

Aitor Ruibal, Pezzella, Luiz Felipe, Miranda;

Channels, Guido;

Luiz Henrique, Fekir, Rodri;

and Biorja Iglesias is the Betic team.

Bravo will be in goal, Rodri plays for Carvalho and Miranda replaces Álex Moreno on the left-back.

ACT.12 JAN 2023 - 18:02

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Betis-Barcelona, ​​the second semifinal of the Spanish Super Cup

Betis, as Cup champion, and Barcelona, ​​as second place in the League, are in the second semifinal of the Spanish Super Cup.

In the first, Madrid got through to the grand final on Sunday by beating a combative Valencia in the penalty shootout.

The clash ended with a draw at one. 

ACT.12 JAN 2023 - 17:55

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