Betis buries Oviedo’s hope

Betis, with much less play than the score suggests, buried Oviedo’s hope of salvation. The Andalusians, with a lot of firepower and in bursts, consolidate their fifth place, which could be Champions League, and leave the Asturians eight points from salvation with four matches to play. Too big a wall to jump. Oviedo was unlucky, condemned by their defensive errors, also by bad luck. In the 53rd minute, VAR disallowed a goal by Viñas for offside. Five minutes later Betis made it 3-0. It was a quiet afternoon at La Cartuja for the locals, where Isco and Cazorla received a monumental ovation. They are the heroes of a past football that is missed for its quality.

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BETBetis

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Álvaro Valles, Diego Llorente, Natan, Héctor Bellerín, Ricardo Rodríguez, Giovani Lo Celso (Isco, min. 70), Pablo Fornals (Rodrigo Riquelme, min. 62), Sofyan Amrabat (Nelson Deossa, min. 69), Abde Ezzalzouli, Cucho Hernández (Chimy Ávila, min. 80) and Antony (Marc Roca, min. 61)

OVIOviedo

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Aarón Escandell, Nacho Vidal (Lucas Ahijado, min. 80), David Costas, Javi López, Dani Calvo, Santiago Colombatto (Kwasi Sibo, min. 63), Thiago Fernández (Haissem Hassan, min. 63), Ilyas Chaira, Nicolás Fonseca (Santi Cazorla, min. 54), Federico Viñas (Thiago Borbas, min. 80) and Alberto Reina

Goals 1-0 min. 21: Cucho Hernández. 2-0 min. 44: Abde. 3-0 min. 57: Cucho Hernández

There is no possible peace for Oviedo, who showed up at La Cartuja very skillful, with flashes of quality and two clear chances against Betis in the first 10 minutes of the match. Valles made two good saves against Ilyas and Reina. With them he contained Oviedo’s momentum, much better than a sleepy Betis in the first part of the match. Pellegrini’s men barely got going, subjected to the rival’s touch, without Fornals, Amrabat or Lo Celso imposing their law. However, it happens that Oviedo seems condemned by their sad season. No matter what they do, they collapse at the first sign. On Betis’ first shot on goal, the ball reached Cucho, who scored from inside the area. Betis had not deserved it, certainly, too contemplative, playing too openly and not really showing to be a good team.

Oviedo, however, kept trying, but they are not up to much. Amrabat risked a penalty against Thiago at 40 minutes. The Moroccan international is a too impetuous player. He misjudges and is, without a doubt, more flashy than good. Without deserving it, Betis scored the second goal after a steal and a well-organized counterattack by Antony, who assisted Abde. Finally the Brazilian appeared, who had performed very discreetly until then.

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The exits of Cazorla and Isco livened up a second half without much tension. Football kept punishing Oviedo. Shortly after VAR disallowed Viñas’ goal for offside, Betis made the third in another goal by Cucho. This time assisted by Abde, a player who is having a great season. There was no time for more. Perhaps for Oviedo to keep missing chances and the Betis fans to savor some quality action from Isco. Betis did not need much to finish off Oviedo. The Andalusians fly to the Champions League and the Asturians go down to the Second Division. Their return to the elite did not last long.

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Standings

Position	PT	PJ	PG	PE	PP
3 VLL	68	34	21	5	8
4 ATM	63	34	19	6	9
5 BET	53	34	13	14	7
6 CEL	47	34	12	11	11
7 GET	44	34	13	5	16

Position	PT	PJ	PG	PE	PP
16 GIR	38	34	9	11	14
17 ALA	36	34	9	9	16
18 SEV	34	33	9	7	17
19 LEV	33	34	8	9	17
20 OVI	28	34	6	10	18