Betis seals boards with CA Osasuna

Real Betis Balompié has sealed tables (0-0) on Friday with CA Osasuna in El Sadar Stadium in Pamplona, in the meeting that opened the fifth day of Laliga.

The verdiblancos visited the always complicated fief of the rojillo team, newly promoted and undefeated in their last 27 appearances at home. Intending to break this streak, Rubi was betting on an eleven with up to five novelties about the one presented against Getafe. Thus, Emerson, Bartra, Javi García, Guardado and Juanmi entered instead of Barragán, Sidnei, Kaptoum, William and Loren.

The game started electric, with two teams that wanted to impose their game although it was the Verdiblancos who succeeded. Real Betis commanded the start and counted the first danger in a rehearsed foul play near the front of the area. Channels put her behind the barrier and Fekir finished off the short post, where Rubén managed to clear the corner.

The reds reacted and forced Joel Robles to be thoroughly employed. The Betic goalkeeper amended a previous error in the delivery of the ball with a great save to Adrián. In the next one, Roberto Torres shot from a distance and the ball came out near the wood. With the passing of the minutes the rhythm ceased but not the fight, especially focused on the midfield.

And on that plot, the next green-white occasion was born, specifically on the left-handed side through Pedraza. The '6' entered the area and, almost stuck to the vertex, hit the ball hard but Rubén thwarted the option for Real Betis. At the edge of the break, Joel Robles saved the goal with another great stop, this time against Chimy Ávila, after a quick local backlash. Juanmi enjoyed a double occasion shortly before the final whistle.

The second part started without changes in the times and with a script similar to the previous act. The verdiblancos generated the first approach. Juanmi was finishing high after a save from Guardado's head. Almost without delay, Ávila touched the goal for Osasuna with a hard shot that crashed into the crossbar of the goal defended by Joel Robles.

They pressed the reds, superiors in the second half, and Roberto Torres sent over the crossbar a frontal foul throw very close to the lime line of the Betic area. Rubi moved the bench with the entry of Joaquin replacing Juanmi. Shortly after, Joel Robles sent a poisoned center of Nacho Vidal to the corner. 

Canales signed the replica with a personal play that culminated in a hard shot that found no reward for a Real Betis who completed his substitutions with Álex Moreno and the youth squad Ismael, today debuting. In the final section, the exchange of 'blows' without reflection in the final score despite the clear options of Borja Iglesias, the Betic side, and Avila for the locals.

CA Osasuna : Rubén; Nacho Vidal, David García, Aridane, Estupiñán; Roberto Torres, Fran Mérida, Rubén García (Brandon 78 '), Oier; Ávila and Adrián (Rober Ibáñez 71 ').

Real Betis Balompié : Joel Robles; Emerson, Mandi, Bartra, Pedraza; Javi García, Guardado (Ismael 78 '); Channels, Fekir (Álex Moreno 72 '), Juanmi (Joaquín 67'); and Borja Iglesias. 

Source [realbetisbalompie.es]