Espanyol needed the three points or his situation would become even more despertare. Betis, on the other hand, was calmed, because they looked the drop zone far.
But there was a novelty in Real Betis, because the previous week, Rubi, Beti´s coach, had been displaced a cause of the bad results of Real Betis, who at the beginning of La Liga had the objective of qualifying to Europe League or UCL, and at this point in the season they have too difficult.
So the new Beti´s coach is called Alexis Trujillo, an ex Player of Real Betis.
The match started with a Real Betis keeping the pace while RCD Espanyol spend his energies running behind the ball.
In the firsts minutes, the Sevillian set had some attempts, but they couldn´t find the goal. Espanyol started playing bad, but they improved their play with the course of the minutes.
The first half ended in draw without goals.
Just two minutes after starting the second half, in a dangerous corner, Marc Bartra scored the unique goal of the match.
Later, Espanyol had some occasions to put the draw in the score, especially, Wu Lei had an incredible attempt without goalkeeper but he missed and didn´t score.
The match finished 1-0 and Betis won three points that sink the team of Barcelona in drop zone with less matches to play.
Betis continues with this victory and now they can start to dream in Europe.
