The defeat of Real Betis's opponents has not shaken Barcelona's throne in the Spanish League standings but Sevilla and Atletico Madrid are approaching with a one point distance as Alaves. Week 12 of LaLiga shows a match that historic Real Betis conquered Barcelona at Camp Nou with a score of 4-3.
Real Betis only needed 20 minutes to start the goal parade through, Firpo Junior. The 22-year-old player made it through the Barca defense, defeating Sergi Roberto before conquering Marc-Andre Ter Stegen.
Their superiority was immediately doubled by Joaquin who embarrassed Barcelona's defense. The Spanish aging attacker managed to take advantage of Christian Tello's cross with a less significant pressure in the 34th minute. The scoreboard then doesn't change until part time.
Lionel Messi brought Barcelona back to the game by converting a penalty kick, which was obtained after Tello dropped Jordi Alba in the penalty box. However, Ter Stegen's blunder in the 71st minute left Barcelona behind with 2 goals. After that, Arturo Vidal cut the gap after receiving feedback from Munir El Haddadi.
Real Betis were not pressured by the goal they scored the fourth goal in the 83rd minute. Junior managed to find space in the direction of Roberto and beat the Barca defense and give a beautiful ball into the middle where Canales was waiting, hit the home goal from 5 meters.
Lionel Messi tried to get to his best level to save a point for La Blaugrana, scoring the second goal in injury time. Vidal got space in the penalty box and made use of Suarez's pass before sending the ball to Messi. Quietly the Barca talisman reduced their lag. The goal is given by the referee after reviewing VAR.
The match was very dramatic, but for Barcelona this was certainly a disaster considering their goal was very easy to break into in front of the fans themselves, at the headquarters which is usually the grave of his opponent. This makes social media explode. Here are some tips on Twitter related to Barcelona vs Real Betis.
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