The Athletic of Madrid premièred the Sunday with the opportunity to put pressure to the FC Barcelona in the leadership of LaLiga, but the tie culé finish him allowing increase his advantage. The Catalans go out benefited in a day in which the one who commanded in Benito Villamarín was the Real Betis, that imposed in an animated clash that decided from the eleven metres. The 'colchoneros' protested a penalti that did not signal and Sergio Channels converted the one who himself fell by hand of Filipe Luis.
And it is that from the first instant the men of Quique Setién showed that they wanted the three points, something that remained clear when in the minute 2, Zouhair Feddal forced to lucirse to Jan Oblak after a finish poisoned in a kickoff of corner. It did not happen too much until the rojiblancos joined to the party, and the duel went in in an exchange of hits in which they imposed the goalkeepers.
The guardametas did not happen too many difficulties because the danger it desactivaron the defences and the fault of tarpaulin of the forwards, that lost in rebounds, shots too tame and battles in the centre of the field, where the rojiblancos tried desactivar to an opponent that touched with patience in search of some gaps that did not find. The ones of the Cholo Simeone also lengthened his possessions, but not even the pressure on the brave Andalusian group served to put to proof to Pau López.
The penaltis command in Benito Villamarín
The meeting decanted in the room of the VAR, that in the last weeks has empeñado in turning into protagonist. In spite of the bitter athletic complaints, did not concede like maximum penalty a possible demolish of Feddal to Álvaro Morata, that followed putting him will in what it would not take in turning into an agridulce debut like rojiblanco.
The one who himself fell was a penalti committed by Filipe Luis by hands, after a centre from the left profile that the Brazilian side controlled of form no statutory. It was Sergio Channels the one who commissioned to turn into it a launching with something of tension, since the cancerbero guessed his intentions but could not clear his powerful shot.
Hardly a minute afterwards the attempt of Antoine Griezmann finish crashing in the stick, and went the prelude of an arreón of an Athletic that remained without the prize of the points. It breathed the Betis thanks to his confidence and to any against isolated, but in spite of rondarle the danger, the verdiblancos went out airosos and give him an important hit to LaLiga.