Closed 1-1 tie between Los Verdiblancos and Los Merengues at the Benito Villamarín stadium, on date 16 of the Spain – LaLiga EA Sports 2023-24 tournament.
With a goal from Jude Bellingham, the visitors began to win at the beginning of the second half, however at 65 minutes of that stage Aitor Ruibal achieved the tie for the local team.
Jude Bellingham made the stadium vibrate with his definition, in the 7th minute of the second stage. A cross from Brahim Díaz left the midfielder to define from the large area and put the ball into the goal defended by Rui Dantas da Silva.
Betis came close to stretching the lead to a tie with a bomb by Isco that hit the post, at 89 minutes of the second stage.
Real Madrid could not score the tie-breaking goal, but had a higher ball possession record than its rival with an average of 64% out of 36%.
Jude Bellingham was the figure of the match. The Real Madrid midfielder was the author of 1 goal, made 69 correct passes and finished on goal 2 times.
Willian José was also important. The Betis forward shot into the opposite goal on 5 occasions and made 13 correct passes.
With a dirty game, the match played between both teams stood out. There were 3 reprimands: Aitor Ruibal, Ayoze Pérez and Dani Ceballos.
Betis technical director, Manuel Pellegrini, proposed a 4-5-1 strategy with Rui Silva in goal; Aitor Ruibal, Germán Pezzella, Chadi Riad and Abner Vinicius on the defensive line; Sergi Altimira, Marc Roca, Ayoze Pérez, Isco and Abde Ezzalzouli in the middle; and Willian José in attack.
For their part, those led by Carlo Ancelotti stood with a 4-4-2 formation with Andriy Lunin between the three sticks; Lucas Vázquez, Antonio Rüdiger, David Alaba and Ferland Mendy in defense; Federico Valverde, Luka Modric, Toni Kroos and Jude Bellingham in the midfield; and Brahim Díaz and Rodrygo up front.
The judge selected for the match at the Benito Villamarín stadium was César Soto Grado.
The Verdiblancos will visit Real Sociedad on the next day. On the Merengues side, they will play at home against Villarreal.
After the match, the local team remains with 26 points and in seventh place in the standings. While the visit has 39 units and occupies the top of the tournament.
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