In the opening match of matchday 31 of LALIGA EA SPORTS, held at the Benito Villamarín Stadium, Real Betis clinched a 2-1 victory. Despite a strong start by Claudio Giráldez’s team, the Verdiblancos managed to take all three points. The goal for the sky-blue team came in the 91st minute by Strand Larsen. Here’s the full summary of the match between Real Betis Balompié and RC Celta.
TECHNICAL DATA SHEET:
2 – REAL BETIS: Rui Silva; Bellerín (Aitor Ruibal, minute 69), Pezzella, Chadi Riad, Miranda (Abner, minute 74); Johnny Cardoso, Guido Rodríguez; Fornals, Isco (Rodri, minute 86), Ayoze (Fekir, minute 46); William José (Bakambu, minute 46).
1 – RC CELTA: Vicente Guaita, Mingueza, Jailson, Carlos Domínguez (Unai Núñez, minute 81); Hugo Sotelo (Damián, minute 69), Fran Beltrán, Manquillo (Carles Rérez, minute 64), Hugo Álvarez (Cervi, minute 81), Bamba (Allende, minute 69), Strand Larsen and Iago Aspas.
GOALS: 1-0, minute 53: Miranda. 2-0, minute 83: Fekir. 2-1, minute 91: Strand Larsen.
REFEREE: Juan Martínez Munuera (Valencian Committee). He booked home player Pezzella (m.47+).
INCIDENTS: Match corresponding to matchday 31 of LALIGA EA SPORTS, played at the Benito Villamarín Stadium in front of 48,938 spectators. A minute of silence was observed in memory of the former president of Betis, Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, who passed away on March 24th.