Important victories away from home for the two Spanish teams representing the Europa League. Pellegrini's Betis won by a two-goal over José Mourinho's Roma at the Olimpico, in a very close match that left the pass to the next round on the line for the Italian team, forced to win in the second round in the Villamarin. For its part, Real Sociedad has a foot and a half in the next phase after defeating Sheriff Tiraspol by zero goals to two this Thursday, played at the Stadionul Zimbru in Chisinau, in a match that was decided in the first minutes of the second half .
Roma advanced on the scoreboard thanks to a penalty goal converted by Dybala in the 34th minute. In a lateral center, tense and measured, as Dybala usually does, and after Ibáñez's slight header, the ball went straight to his hand of Ruibal. The referee indicated, through VAR, the maximum penalty. After the goal, Betis grew and Guido shot Rui Patricio on his right post to equalize the contest in the 40th minute. The Betis tried throughout the second half to get the victory. And they succeeded, thanks to a header from Luiz Henrique that slipped through the top corner in the 88th minute and unleashed the joy of the almost five thousand displaced fans.
The goals from Silva and Aritz, together with the expulsion of Kyabou, changed the script of a match in which Real Sociedad were having trouble overcoming a tough Sheriff Tiraspol who ran out of arguments after that initial quarter of an hour of the second part. Imanol's men entered the game like someone who just got up from a nap. His leaden rhythm in the circulation of the ball, his inaccuracies and his lack of resources in three quarters of the field facilitated the defensive work of a crouching opponent who, at the slightest, stampeded out asserting his speed to try to take advantage of the meters behind his back of the defense
The last minutes were left over because neither the Real wanted to risk nor the Sheriff had the capacity to do anything. The Donostiarras limited themselves to having the ball to secure three points that keep them in the lead and that practically ensure their qualification for the next phase.
