Betis 0 - Mallorca 1
Betis: Contreras;
Melli, Juanito, Lembo, Romero; Wagner (Nano 36'), Vogel, Rivera, Edu (Capi
61'); Robert (Xisco 58'), Sobis. 4-4-2. Mallorca: Prats; Varela,
Ballesteros, Nunes, Fernando Navarro; Jonas Gutiérrez (Víctor
58'), Basinas, Jordi, Jankovic; Arango (Kome 82'); Diego Tristán (Maxi
López 58'). 4-4-1-1.
Team changes: Betis:
Contreras, Lembo, Vogel, Sobis for Doblas, Nano, Miguel Angel, Odonkor /
Mallorca: Jankovic for Pisculichi.
Goals: 0-1. 78.
Jankovic. Low shot wide of Contreras after Arango back-heeled free kick.
A 0-1 scoreline between
Betis and Mallorca, a result which leaves the home side further down in the
drop zone and the visitors level with Villarreal in midtable. The Andalusians
played over half the match with ten men after Lembo was shown a rigorous
straight red card by referee Lizondo Cortés a few minutes before the
interval. The defender lost the ball in midfield to Arango and then held him
back from advancing on goal.
Arango was once again
Mallorca's best player though, going close with a header and another shot soon
afterwards. And with twelve minutes to go he caught the defence napping when he
rolled a free kick behind him rather than playing it forward, allowing Jankovic
to blast a low shot past Contreras.
Betis hardly reacted, and at
the end of the match angry fans turned on the directors' box and demanded that
major shareholder and ex president Manuel Ruíz de Lopera leave the club.
Don Manolo wasn't there, but he surely got the message. The first to go though
could be Irureta, who needs to get a result soon or he could be packing his
bags. |