Athletic closes the year with a draw against Betis (0-0)

Euskaraz irakurri: Athleticek Betisen aurkako berdinketarekin itxi du urtea (0-0)

Betis and Athletic tied this Thursday to zero in a match marked by the stops of Unai Simón.

Summary of the match Betis – Athletic Club

Just after Sancet claimed a penalty after being stamped on, Luiz Henrique created the first chance of the match by stealing a ball from Yuri Berchiche and driving it to the edge of the area, from where he tried a shot that was saved without problems by Unai Simón (min. 10).

Athletic’s offensive action wanted to be based on the speed of the Williams brothers and it was Iñaki who won the back of Álex Moreno and gave a killer pass that Luiz Felipe prevented Sancet from pushing into the net.

Luiz Henrique continued to martyr him when he returned from the locker room with an action at the top of the area to culminate with a shot that Unai Simón intercepted.

The international goalkeeper came out on top again shortly after another duel with Luiz Henrique, who finished off a good play by Fekir with a strong left footed shot.

Ernesto Valverde moved the bench in the last quarter of the game with the intention of ending this phase of intense Betic dominance, for which he refreshed his offensive sector with the entries of Muniain, Berenguer and Raúl García.

The changes took effect, so that Athletic chained several arrivals into the area of ​​Rui Silva, who was saved first by a clearance from Guardado in a strategic action and, immediately afterwards, there was an incursion to the left of Berchiche whose center was not Raúl García arrived by centimeters.

Willian José still looked for the goal with a long free kick in added time, just before Luiz Felipe was sent off for a hard tackle on Muniain in the last action of the match.

Data sheet

0 – Real Betis: Rui Silva; Sabaly (Ruibal, min. 84), Luiz Felipe, Félix, Álex Moreno; William Carvalho, Guardado; Luiz Henrique (Joaquín, min. 84), Canales (Juanmi, 77), Fekir; and Borja Iglesias (Willian José, min. 66).

0 – Athletic Club: Unai Simon; De Marcos, Vivian, Yeray, Berchiche; Dani García (Zarraga, min. 77), Vesga; Iñaki Williams (Berenguer, min. 72), Sancet (Muniain, min. 67), Nico Williams; and Guruzeta (Raúl García, min. 72.

Referee: Hernández Hernández (Las Palmas Committee). He sent off Betico Luiz Felipe with a direct red card (min. 96). He admonished the local Joaquín (min. 86) and the visitors Vesga (min. 54), Zarraga (min. 82), Berchiche (min. 86) and Vivian (min. 93).