Lamine, a brilliant maneuver and a monumental fight

Lamine, always, Lamine. The Barcelona star was the absolute protagonist of the exciting match that was played at La Cartuja. On many occasions, for his spectacular football. After 10 minutes he turned in an astonishing way and put it into the top corner with an impressive, curling and angled shot. His celebration was the same as when he pulled out his great goal against France in the semifinals of Euro 2024. But too many things happened afterwards.

"It is one of the most difficult fields in the League, Betis played a great game. Happy with my goal, although we can improve at the back, we are conceding a lot," Rodri told Dazn. “The field was not good,” he added. "Lamine has us used to this. He makes the differences, but I stick with his work," said the world champion. "The hand was an unnatural movement by Cucho and the ball went in another direction. I have not seen the red one, but I have seen Lamine on the ground and something must have happened. He has entered into that provocation a little," concluded Rodri.

Héctor Bellerín, for his part, pointed out: "The job of a referee is very difficult. The last thing I want to do is attribute responsibility for the result, but they are two dubious plays. One is punished and the other is rewarded." And his coach, Manuel Pellegrini, was much more critical: "The refereeing has been regrettable. Handball is handball, but they push Cucho. And it has no significance in Lo Celso's goal. Then, there is a foul by Fermín at 2-3 and he should not have given Bernal a red card in a situation that could be resolved with yellow."

"We did things very well in attack, with intensity. It was not an easy game. We played at a very good level. Betis was good. We deserved the victory," said Flick, also to Dazn. "It is important to train set-piece actions. The second goal was very important. Those in charge of this are doing a good job," highlighted the German.

Everything was poisoned after a goal against Lo Celso was disallowed due to Cucho's previous handball. It is not usual for Manuel Pallegrini to lose his temper. The annulment of the goal ended the Chilean's patience, usually an iceberg. La Cartuja became hell, with the rain lurking.

Lamine continued to do his thing, offering assists on goal, as in his team's third goal, quick in unmarking and accurate in assisting Gabriel Jesús to make it 1-3. And then came the mess. Betis made it 2-3 in a great play by Abde and while the stands celebrated, Valles left his area to lift Fermín, who had remained lying on the grass. Lamine went to defend his partner and attacked Facundo Bernal with anger. The two grabbed each other's necks and it was the Betic man who ended up headbutting the Barcelona star.

Bernal lost his nerve and saw the red, but Lamine also took a gamble and saw the yellow. Everything changed from that moment on. Every ball that the Barça player touched was protested by the Betis fans, who scolded him harshly. It is curious, but in just a month, the Blaugrana has attracted the ire of both Seville fans. On September 19, he was also scolded by Sánchez Pizjuán after making a gesture to the fans. Yesterday he did something really complicated: getting Beticos and Sevillistas to agree on an issue. Curiously, Lamine himself issued some affectionate messages to the Green and White fans after that clash with the Sevilla fans.