Betis wins, but it still doesn’t look like Betis. A gift from Petrocub was enough for him to take the three points and have the classification almost tied. Pellegrini just wanted that. A step in survival. What happens after January will be another story. But the victory in Moldova did not change much in that Betis that walks without a firm step through Europe and that suffers too much against rivals with little potential. Bakambu saved the duel with a goal that perhaps could awaken a certain thread of tranquility at the continental level. It is perhaps the sleeping candidate. And now Pellegrini has a couple of months ahead of him to improve his current puzzle. In him he will want Lo Celso and Isco. Will he then be a real candidate to fight for this Conference League?
The first part presented by Betis was a reflection of their journey in this Conference League. He wanted to command without succeeding. He wanted to go deeper without success. He wanted so much that at times he didn’t know how to start attacking. The desire for Assane Diao o Jesus Rodriguez They went out after ten minutes and that was when Petrocub understood that perhaps it did have its place in the history of the duel. Pellegrini handed the keys to Johnny Cardosobut the American was unable to raise the pace against an organized opponent at a tactical level. Natan and Llorente were not suffering, but Betis became increasingly flatter until the break gave Pellegrini the opportunity to change some circumstances in Moldova. Only one arrival from Bakambu, who scored after an error by the local goalkeeper, caused some danger, but in this case the referee interpreted that the Congolese forward was foul.
Abde and Altimira jumped on the restart and the Moroccan seemed to stretch Pellegrini’s plan further. With more will than football, it was Bakambu who took advantage of a serious error by the Petrocub defense to change the scene. Narh did not understand Mudrac and under that confusion the Congolese recovered to face goalkeeper Smalenea and define with precision. Something to stop the fears. A bit for Betis to find more logical paths in their game against a smaller rival. The Betic intensity increased with the score in their favor: they stole from the top, I found Abde and Assane more, and even Chimy grew. A good pass from the Argentine to Assane led to a good action by the youth player, who gave a gift to Bakambu that he did not take advantage of.
Betis had raised its level, but was still walking along the fine red line that separates nothing from everything. After an annulled penalty on Abde, neither Bakambu nor Assane managed to seal the match despite the absolute dominance of Pellegrini’s team, which began to shake when the clock indicated that the end was imminent and the score was a minimum. Petrocub went with everything for its prize and he seemed to achieve it by beating Adrián in a play full of errors that ended with a tight offside for the Moldovan team. There was suffering and too many edges in a closure that worried Pellegrini and that invites a certain revolution in the future. Betis escaped Moldova with the points, perhaps the only thing they really needed. But he returns to Seville without that image that remains unrecovered.
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Petrocub-Hincesti
- 1
Silviu Smalenea
- 66
Ion Bors
(33′)
- 21
Maxim Potirniche
- 8
Dumitru Demian
- 90
Ivan Jardan
- 4
Victor Mudrac
- 9
Vladimir Ambros
(63′)
- 39
Teodor Lungu
(75′)
- 20
Donalio Douanla
(45′)
- 37
Dan Puscas
(74′)
- 11
Sergiu Platica
- - Dock
- 32
Dumitru Coval
- 22
Marin Caruntu
(74′)
- 5
Gilbert Djangmah
(33′)
- 30
Vasile Jardan
- 31
Victor Dodon
- 6
Boubacar Diallo
(45′)
- 55
Manuel Agyemang
(75′)
- 23
Mihai Lupan
(63′)
- 17
Vsevolod Nihaev
Changes
Gilbert Djangmah (33′, Ion Bors), Abde Ezzalzouli (45′, Jesús Rodriguez), Boubacar Diallo (45′, Donalio Douanla), Sergi Altimira (45′, Johnny Cardoso), Mihai Lupan (63′, Vladimir Ambros), Marin Caruntu (74′, Dan Puscas), Manuel Agyemang (75′, Teodor Lungu), Victor Roque (84′, Cédric Bakambu)
Cards
Arbitrator: Lothar D’Hondt
Arbitro VAR: Jan Boterberg, Bert Put
Dumitru Demian (13′, Yellow), Teodor Lungu (52′, Yellow), Go away (73′, Yellow)
Morocco
