On February 26, Betis ushered in the 27th round of the league with Celta at home.

Celta has performed very stably in La Liga in recent seasons and is a strong contender for European qualifications almost every season.

This season, they are also chewing Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​ranking sixth in the league. With this momentum, there is almost no suspense in a seat in the League Cup. In fact, they are not much different from fourth in the league.

This also gave them greater ambitions, that is, to strive to reach the top four in the second half of the season and qualify for the Champions League!

Obviously, they are all very aware of the huge gap between the UEFA Cup and the Champions League!

Since Betis, as a newly promoted team, has the ability to compete for the championship, why can't they, who have been ranked high in recent seasons, compete for the Champions League qualification?

With such ambition, Celta came to Lopela Stadium and did not intend to return empty-handed!

In this game, Celta sent out the strongest lineup in his hands.

On the front line is McCarthy, the leader of the South African national team. Behind him is Russian Tsar Mostovoi, while on both sides are Russian veteran Carpin and former Argentina international Gustavo Lopez!

The two midfielders in the midfield are Giovanella and Doriva.

From left to right on the defense line are Brazilian international Sylvigno, Sergio, Argentina international Cáceres and Spanish fringe international Varesco!

The goalkeeper is also Cabarrero, who was once selected for the Argentina national team.

It can be said that the players in Celta's lineup may not be particularly famous, but as current or former international players, their strength is obvious to all.

Relatively speaking, Betis, who will play in the second leg of the Leeds United in three days, had to make some adjustments to the lineup.

On the front line, Tang Feng fulfilled his promise to Drogba and allowed him to appear in the starting center position.

In the midfield, Maxi Rodriguez appeared at the left winger today, and on the right, Tang Feng sent Brazilian Alves. Although his position is right back, his strong assist ability makes him competent for the right forward, and his cross is undoubtedly a very good support for Drogba. There is no doubt that today Celta's left back Silvinho will face the test of his young compatriots!

Luis Garcia got the starting position in the midfield. This season, thanks to Kaka's outstanding performance, Luis Garcia can only get the chance to play in some unimportant games like Drogba. However, this frontcourt all-rounder still seized the limited opportunities and scored six goals in various games!

In the position of the back midfielder, captain Xavi Alonso continued to start. Due to Guardiola's injury, only three back midfielders were available in the Betis team, and Tang Feng was used to double back midfielders, so Xavi Alonso, who has excellent physical fitness, basically rarely rested. He also has great hope to become the Iron Man on the Betis field!

In another midfielder, Tang Feng sent Cascro to deal with Mostovoi.

In the first half of the season, in the first round of the two teams, it was Cascro who angered Mostovoi, causing the Russian Tsar to do irrational things and was sent off by a red card. Betis team fought one more player and the opponent's core was sent off, and the 2-0 soldier scored three points without bloodshed!

This time, Cascro and Mostovoy met as enemies.

Of course, Tang Feng would not use the same trick again this time. He just instructed Cascro to strictly guard Mostovoi, and did not let him in anger Mostovoi anymore. After all, this kind of thing was risky.

Mostovoy's hot temper is famous. If he is angry again, no one can guarantee what he will do if he falls to the ground!

On the defense line, Tang Feng performed a big rotation, with all four defenders being substitutes, the central defenders partnered by Xavi Navarro and Huanito, and two veterans Gianni and Otero on both sides.

Tang Feng did not make any adjustments to the goalkeeper's position, and Van der Sar is still the most undisputed goalkeeper!

After the game began, Celta, who was determined to take revenge, launched a fierce offensive.

Among them, Mostovoy, who was sent off in the last game, caused the team to lose, performed the most actively.

Facing the close-up guard of his enemy Cascro, Mostovoy kept asking his teammates for his own breakthrough, and then wanted to use his breakthrough to teach Cascro a lesson.

Unfortunately, Cascro is one of the most difficult defensive players in Betis's team.

He listened to Tang Feng's words today and did not use the "provocative" skill to deal with Mostovoi, but his other unique skill, "Eighteen-deep drops", was fully demonstrated.

Mostovoy is very skilled, known as the best Russian player in contemporary technology, and even completed the feat of six consecutive scoring in the Russian League.

When facing Mostovoi's breakthrough, Cascro would not take the initiative to intercept the ball, but just saw it for more than a dozen times and kept interfering with Mostovoi.

In this way, although Mostovoi will not concede the ball, it is difficult to handle the ball comfortably.

On several occasions, after being stuck by Cascro, he was intercepted by Betis's other midfielder, Xavi Alonso.

It can be said that Mostovoi still played extremely uncomfortable in this game.

The middle lane is restricted, and Celta can only focus more on the wing lane.

Gustavo Lopez and Carl Piano kept sending good goals into the penalty area.

It’s a pity that although South African striker McCarthy in the penalty area is 1.84 meters tall, his impact is not that strong.

Under the defense of Xavi Navarro, who has a tough game, he did not get much chance in the penalty area.

After resisting the Celta's attack in the opening stage, Betis's counterattack began to unfold in an orderly manner.

Halfway through the first half, Betis played a wonderful cooperation at the front of Celta's penalty area!

After taking the ball from the left, Maxi Rodriguez kept dribbling the ball horizontally, cutting to the middle, and shooting. In fact, after attracting the defense, he pushed the ball lightly and pushed the ball to Xavi Alonso who was inserted in the back!

Facing Maxi Rodriguez's pass, Xavi Alonso directly swung his right foot and prepared to make a powerful shot!

The Celta defensive player who knows that Xavi Alonso has a powerful long-range shot can only block it.

Who knew that Xavi Alonso was also a fake move. After attracting the block, he turned his right foot into a push and stuffed the ball into the right rib of the penalty area!

At the same time, Drogba on the penalty area line was also the Spirit Society's high-speed insertion into the penalty area!

After catching up with Xavi Alonso's pass, he first carried the defensive tower's Cáceres with his strong body. After resisting him, he directly shot low in the distance!

Faced with this opportunity, Drogba's shooting skills that he has been practicing hard for more than half a year have finally been reflected.

The shot was very fast and the angle was tricky. In the end, it happened to hit the inside of the far post and bounced into the net!

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!! Drogba! Drogba! Our Warcraft seized a chance to help the team open the door to victory!!!" The commentator on the scene burst out with excited roars.

The Betis fans in the Lopela Stadium also dedicated their cheers to this ferocious monster!

Drogba obviously enjoyed the cheers of the fans. He rushed into the stands, constantly raising his arms, signaling that the cheers would be louder!

Tang Feng on the sidelines also sincerely gave Drogba applause!

He is happy for the team to take the lead, and even more so for Drogba's hard work to be rewarded!

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After the celebration is over, the competition continues!

Celta, who was behind in the score, further strengthened its offense.

Not only the midfielders, but their two full-backs have also increased their assists!

Especially Servinho on the left, like most Brazilian full-backs, he is also stronger than defense and likes offense!

Half an hour into the game, he almost completed a one-stop on the left.

Fortunately, when he used fake moves all the way to break into the penalty area, Xavi Alonso returned to defense in time, and a clean tackle broke the ball out of the baseline.

The continuous insertion of Celta's two full-backs brought greater pressure to Betis' defense, while also leaving Betis with more opportunities to counterattack.

The so-called coexistence of opportunities and crises should be the case!

As the first half was about to come to an end, Betis got an opportunity!

Silvinho's cross from the bottom on the left was pushed out of the penalty area by Xavi Navarro.

Cascro outside the penalty area directly pushed the ball horizontally to Xavi Alonso on the right without stopping!

Facing Cascro's cross pass, Xavi Alonso did not stop the ball, but directly took his right foot and swept the ball to the right side of the frontcourt!

Alves, who had just returned to the backcourt, had already inserted it at high speed when Xavi Navarro pushed the ball out of the penalty area.

In almost the blink of an eye, he had already run to the frontcourt.

Facing the passing of Xavi Alonso, he took the opportunity to lead the ball forward, and then stride the ball forward with a meteor!

Soon, Celta's midfielder, Giovanella, also Alves's, came to defend.

However, Alves did not give this compatriot a chance to "get close to" himself. When he saw Giovanella approaching, he suddenly drove the ball forward, and then accelerated and got rid of Giovanella.

Seeing Alves' arrogant breakthrough, the Betis fans in the stands also cheered from the bottom of their hearts.

Because Alves' performance reminds Betis fans of the best full-back Robert Carlos in the La Liga. Now it seems that they also have their own Carlos!

After getting rid of Giovanella, Alves had no defensive players around him.

While dribbling, he still has plenty of time to observe the situation in the penalty area!

Finally, after seeing Drogba's high speed plugging in, he passed the ball without hesitation.

Since seeing that Drogba had already reached the front point, Alves posted a post to the earth.

In the penalty area!

The monster that was stuck in the position naturally would not give the opponent any chance. He rushed to the ball line first, then directly took the right foot and pulled the ball towards the goal!

Drogba's shot hit the inside of the far post, just like the last goal, and bounced into the goal again!

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