Short and deserved Betis triumph against Alavés at its premiere in the Cartuja

A lonely goal by Lo Celso gave Manuel Pellegrini a sufficient victory against more than 54,000 spectators

He Real Betis This Friday achieved a suffered, deserved and short triumph against the Alavés (1-0) in its premiere in The Cartujawhere a lonely goal from Lo Celso, That he offered his best version of recent months, he served to break the ear that accompanied him in this stadium, where, Copa del Rey on the margin, he had not managed to win any of the four league games played years ago.

The first warning of the night gave it Guridi (2 ') After a drunk play in the Betic area that had to solve the goal Pau López With a paradon after a shot from very close to the Babazorro midfielder, who fought with a couple of bankruptcy of the brands of the Betic defenders.

Horizontal — Betis – Alavés, in images

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The Verdiblanco team dominated the possession of the ball and insisted on both bands, with a very active Bellerín and Ruibal on the right and Junior and Riquelme On the left, and the reward did not take long to arrive, after a good robbery in the front of Sergi Altimira and a center to the heart of the area he finished Cucho Hernández, collecting The Celso The rejection of a defense to cross the bottom of the network.

The Argentine again gave his best version in the absence of ISCOas he did last year, and from his boots the best quality details of the night arose.

Real Betis	Deportivo Alavés
1	0

25 Pau López		1 Antonio Sivera
2 Héctor Bellerín		17 Jonny
5 Marc Bartra		2 F. Garcés
4 Natan		14 N. Tenaglia
23 Junior Firpo 71 ′		24 V. Parada 77 ′
(12 Ricardo Rodríguez)		(20 Calebe)	SC
6 Sergi Altimira		7 Carlos Vicente
8 Pablo Fornals		19 Pablo Ibáñez 58 ′
24 Aitor Ruibal		(6 Ander Guevara)
20 G. Lo Celso 86 ′		8 Antonio Blanco 89 ′
(16 Valentín Gómez)	SC	(28 L. Pinillos)	SC
17 R. Riquelme 58 ′		10 C. Aleñá
(52 Pablo García)		18 Jon Guridi 58 ′
19 Cucho 85 ′		(21 A. Rebbach)
(11 C. Bakambu)		11 Toni Martínez 58 ′
		(9 Mariano)	–

Goal:(1-0) Lo Celso (16 ′)

Cards:L Pablo Ibáñez (42 ′), G. Lo Celso (46 ′), F. Garcés (78 ′), Antonio Blanco (81 ′), Cucho (83 ′)L

Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz (Madrid Committee)

Spectators: 54,646 at La Cartuja Stadium

	THE BEST Lo Celso offered its best version of recent months
	WORST Alavés' lack of mordant

After 1-0, those of Pellegrini They gave the ball to Alavés, which they could surprise in a counter that escaped the cucho (35 ′) and in a corner that headed outside Junior (40 ′) by very little, the same as he had done Guridi In the rival area moments before.

After the break, the fictional dominance of the Alavesists persisted, who barely worried to Pau López In a distant missing Rebbach (63 '), while before and after that Bellerín (60 ') as Pablo García (66 ') made the goal work Sivera.

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Betis did not finish the clash with the second goal and played until the end. Pellegrini played clearly defending the minimum advantage giving entrance to Valentín Gómez -A central- for the Celso, and in the long discount both Pablo García Like Bakambu – at the crossroad – they enjoyed twice clamorous occasions, although the score did not move again.