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Goals: Mandi (35); William Carvalho (37) – Valverde (14); Emerson (48 goals); Sergio Ramos (82 pens)
La Liga champions Real Madrid do not have much time to prepare for the 2020/21 season. Despite being eliminated from the eighth day of the Champions League, Real Española still has to hurry this season. They only had one rehearsal with the neighboring Getafe team before starting their campaign to defend the Spanish throne.
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That is why the inability of the Real to show true strength in the Society’s field in the opening match is understandable. That day, Los Blancos were still playing well, they completely overwhelmed the rival, but since they were not on the reel, they did not have the best feeling that their stars could not finish with the Basque club.
In addition, Real also have many casualties in attack when a series of faces such as Isco, Asensio, Hazard, Vázquez, Jovic or Mariano Díaz cannot play due to injury or have not reached the best condition. There is no other way, coach Zidane has to launch two new faces from the Castilla quarry, Marvin Park and Sergio Arribas, in addition to having up to 3 great young talents, Odegaard, Vinicius and Rodrygo.
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| Real Madrid match list |
However, for the game against Betis, the strength of Real Madrid has improved somewhat when some “injured” have fully recovered. Luka Jovic, for example, was immediately on the starting list to pair up with Karim Benzema while Vázquez or Isco were ready to enter from the bench. However, Eden Hazard or Asensio are still completely absent.
The last time Los Blancos did not win the first 2 La Liga games was in the 2011/12 season (they drew Valencia 1-1 and lost to Getafe 1-2). It was the season that marked the demise of coach José Mourinho’s reign, before Real entered the era of Carlo Ancelotti’s success.
When the playing time did not exceed 2 minutes, the Betis network had to vibrate after a clean escape from Karrim Benzema to the center on the left of Ferland Mendy. But the referee has determined that the French forward is offside.
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| Valverde opened the scoring after Benzema’s assistance |
After 6 minutes of play, Ferland Mendy entered the penalty area confidently, handled calmly before sinking the ball. Betis responded quickly with a header from Canales after a quality cross from Fekir down the left wing, but Courtois’ foot saved Real from the count of ten.
In the end, it was only until the 14th minute that the highest rated team found the starting score. On a play down the right wing, Karim Benzema put the ball in the middle from the edge of the line and midfielder Valverde was a beat faster than the rival to kick the ball into the net at point-blank range.
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| In just 2 minutes, Betis scored 2 goals to reverse the game |
A few minutes later, the gap should have widened. Benzema remains a talented builder and in the end, midfielder captain Sergio Ramos is not even 5 meters away. With a goal “in the lead”, Real Madrid played with enthusiasm and Betis remained determined to choose to play with a couple of goals, despite the fact that the rival was the La Liga champion.
Therefore, the speed of the game is kept at a fairly high level, the ball spins quickly. Only truly dangerous situations are not many. But at 35 minutes the tie appeared. Canales made an exemplary cross for what Mandi waited, hitting his head and defeating Courtois.
Without stopping there, only about 2 minutes later, Betis went ahead. Manager Nabil Fekir lightly pushed the once-hot midfielder in Europe, William Carvalho hit a heartbeat and then delivered a stretched kick to the low corner and Courtois surrendered once again.
At the beginning of the second half, Isco entered the field to improve the creative stage but Odegaard’s juniors did not do well and it did not take long, Real Madrid returned the game to the starting line. Valverde opened the ball to the right for Dani Carvajal and the Spaniard to cross into Benzema’s position and in an attempt to slow down, Emerson became a “beacon”.
In the 51st minute, Benzema made a powerful volley and the crossbar saved the home team from the third goal. Of course, Real Madrid wanted to take the opportunity to re-impose the game on the rival to score more goals. Betis defended quite strongly.
64 minutes, the match was interrupted for a few minutes for the referee to carefully consider the situation in which Luka Jovic was fouled. Behind Benzema’s offensive throw line, the Serbian forward escaped to face Joel Robles but was interfered with by Emerson from behind and was unable to launch the goal.
Finally, after going out on the field to review the situation on the screen, the king of the field concluded that Jovic had a clear foul and Emerson should receive a direct red card because the ball could overtake. on goal but Real did not enjoy 11m because the foul was off the 16m50 line.
Despite the lack of people, Betis did not flinch, they organized a tight defense and did not forget to properly counterattack if there was an opportunity. In the 76th minute, from a distance of about 18 meters, Carvalho applied his technique to the far corner and Courtois flew wonderfully to push the ball away.
In the end, however, the team was stronger and played more than the one with the deciding goal. In minute 82, the referee used the VAR again to determine if Marc Bartra (matured in the famous training center of La Masia del Barça) would let the ball touch and the result, the Real enjoyed 11 meters.
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| Sergio Ramos added an 11-meter shot to bring victory to Real Madrid |
Of course, the right to penalty belongs to the expert Sergio Ramos and the veteran Spanish midfielder who is as easy to succeed as ever. There is not much time left, Real Madrid is stronger and more played than the people, so Betis is also “defenseless” even when the game is compensated up to 8 minutes.
The final score of the match should have been 2-4 in favor of Real Madrid if in the final seconds, Benzema was not still torn with a narrow shot straying from the post. Thus, the defending champions of La Liga achieved their first victory in the 2020/21 season, which is largely due to the lack of rival players.
TEAM
REAL BETIS (4-2-3-1): Joel Robles; Emerson, Aissa Mandi, Marc Bartra, Alex Moreno; William Carvalho, Guido Rodriguez; Nabil Fekir (Moron 76 ‘), Joaquin (Tello 63’), Sergio Canales; Antonio Sanabria (Martín Montoya 69 ‘).
REAL MADRID (4-4-2): Thibaut Courtois; Daniel Carvajal, Raphael Varane, Sergio Ramos, Ferland Mendy; Federico Valverde, Casemiro, Toni Kroos (Modric 45 ‘+ 1), Martin Odegaard (Isco 46’); Karim Benzema, Luka Jovic (Mayoral 72 ‘).
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