Mexicans Andrés Guardado and Diego Lainez entered for change in the complementary part and could do little to help their team to reverse the score. Betis continues its bad streak by getting 5 points out of 15 possible since the return of the league.
By Sergio Morro
La Nucía (Alicante, Spain), Jun 28 (EFE) .- The Levante he practically certified his stay in LaLiga Santander for another year by beating Betis by 4-2, In an encounter in which the Andalusian team played a great first half hour, but the lethal effectiveness of the locals was undermining the game and the morale of the Verdiblanco team.
Levante was not as superior as the final score reflected in terms of play, but it was in effectiveness. Each arrival of the Valencian team was a goal and each Betis shot, a stop by Aitor Fernández, who was one of the best of his team, with decisive interventions.
Coach Alexis Trujillo kept the drawing of three centrals from his debut on the bench and Betis started the game very well, closing Levante in their field and managing the duel at their whim, with a very active Fekir in the final meters.
Precisely the French attacker had the first goal chance of the match, but Aitor cleared the ball with one foot. Just ten minutes later, Betis had another good option to score, but Canales’s point-blank shot again ran into a superb Aitor
Betis was showing much superiority, but Levante, with very little, punished the Seville team and in what way. At 21 minutes, Mayoral had to leave his marker to beat Joel Robles below the legs and a quarter of an hour later, Bardhi, in a very similar action, shot very tightly to a post and put the 2- 0. A soul slab for the verdiblancos, who came crestfallen to rest.
Alexis entered Juanmi and Tello in the second half in search of an offensive reaction from Betis, which came out in a rush. Fekir, again, ran into Aitor and a minute later scored Juanmi, but the goal was annulled for offside.
However, he again hit Levante in a lethal way the first time he had it. Morales broke the offside and, after dodging the goal, raised the score 3-0.
Alexis changed his drawing, gave entrance to new players and Levante followed suit. Each local approach was a clear goal opportunity and Rochina, after a double shot, increased the Levante advantage and left the game ready for sentencing with a devastating 4-0 with half an hour of play ahead.
With the match completely broken, Betis sought to make up the result and Levante, on the counterattack, extended their win.
Canales finally managed to beat Aitor, after a great uncheck, control and auction, and Juanmi was able to score the second for Betis and start to believe, but Aitor’s figure emerged again.
The final minutes were under the control of Betis. Juanmi scored 4-2 on the only mistake by the local goalkeeper, but there was no time for more. Levante added their first win in exile in La Nucía, saw how Rober Pier reappeared after a serious injury and the next day could mathematically achieve permanence.
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