Internet Desk: The so-called MSN trio was not enough for Barcelona to beat Real Betis in Seville on Sunday. Opening the scoring with Alex Alegria, the home team made the happiness of their fans in the second half. The visitors still reacted – they had a poorly void goal – with Uruguay’s Luis Suarez securing at least the equalizer for 1 – 1 in the 45th minute.
The result complicated Barcelona in the dispute for the title of the Spanish Championship. The Catalan team went on to add the same 42 points as Sevilla, who lost 3-1 to Catalan Espanyol , both behind leaders Real Madrid. In turn, the Betis rose to 23, occupying the middle region of the leaderboard.
In one of the best chances of goal of the first half, at 37 minutes, Neymar received Messi’s ball inside the area and was ahead of goalkeeper Adan, who defended well.
Rebirth of the scare, the Betis began the second stage excited, with right to a hat of the ex-Corinthian Petros over of Messi. Later, the same Brazilian rider ventured some dribbles in the left tip – until finding Pique, committing the foul and being punished with the yellow card.
The good moment of the Betis in the game did not sum up to throws of effect. In the 25th minute, Ceballos set his foot long-distance, and the ball hit the crossbar after a touch of German keeper Ter Stegen. Shortly after, in an individual bid for the right, Ruben Castro also stopped at the post.
In the 29th minute, there was no one to save Barcelona. Ter Stegen was struggling to make the ball dance with his usual trickery and panache, and the opposing players had little trouble shutting him down in these muddy conditions. Alegria amended at first, and even with a touch of head, Pique did not avoid the Betis goal.
Barcelona then despaired in the pursuit of a draw. After that, the ball crossed the finish line in a court of Mandi, but the referee sent the move to follow, to the frustration of the Catalan team.
Still, the goal of draw appeared. Neymar, who was nervous and did not play well, managed to disarm Leiva. Messi made the dominance and fired Suarez, who sent the ball into the net in the 45th minute and softened Barcelona’s bad day.