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Barcelona beat Betis 5-2 in a match on the ninth day of the Spanish League. The Catalans had a significant playing advantage, but weak defensive play made the match relatively close.
Ronald Koeman did not put Lionel Messi in the headlines because of a sore Argentinean ankle. Thus, the attacking squad of the hosts was: Pedri, Antoine Griezmann, Usman Dembele and Ansu Fati.
The game began with a minute of silence in memory of the late Catalan scout Tony Bruins Slot. In the first minutes there were situations for both teams, as Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Claudio Bravo had to intervene skillfully.
The natural thing happened in the 22nd minute. Usman Dembele faked Alex Moreno in the penalty area and shot diagonally 16 meters for the 1: 0.
Griezmann took aim at the crossbar after a filigree pass with Pedry’s heel in the 27th minute.
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Four minutes later, Ansu Fati was hooked from behind in the penalty area during a cross. Judge Cuadra Fernández pointed to the white dot without hesitation. Antoine Griezmann, who has a 65 percent hit rate on 11-meter penalty kicks, would be scandalously wrong with a medium height and Claudio Bravo with a dive to the right saved the penalty.
In added time of the first half, Antonio Sanabria tied. He intercepted a parallel pass in front of the gate, falling between the hosts’ defenders.
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At halftime, Ronald Koeman pulled Ansu Fati out and replaced him with Lionel Messi, and Barcelona’s game became much more diverse.
Griezmann still managed to score in the 49th minute after a wonderful cross from Jordi Alba from the left wing by 2: 1.
In the 59th minute Aysan Mandy passed a ball through the guest door with her hand. The attack from the right involved Messi. Quadra Fernández after a long review showed a red card and marked the white point for the second time in the game.
Lionel Messi, unlike Griezmann, shot very hard in the upper left corner by 3: 1.
In the 74th minute, the 10 remaining Betis reduced the score. Alex Moreno crossed and reserve Lauren Morón scored 3: 2. Shortly before, Morón replaced Santabria’s first scorer.
Lionel Messi still scored his first goal of the campaign. He received a wonderful pass off a Sergi Roberto heel and shot with all his might under the crossbar. This time the VAR legalized the goal by 4: 2.
In the 84th minute, Messi thought he had scored a hat-trick, but Quadra Fernández decided there was an ambush when the Argentine passed Roberto.
Exactly in the 90th minute, 17-year-old Pedry scored his first goal for Barcelona. Sergio Roberto passed in parallel and Pedri at the back post had no problem scoring 5: 2.
The victory is only the third for Barcelona in 7 games this season in La Liga. The culés add 11 points and are in eighth place. Today’s hosts are still two games short.
Betis has 12 points in 9 games and is one place ahead of the Catalans.
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