Destruction in Elche – Betis: fire and fury with the referee, the home team, the owner’s “storm” in the dressing room in the final

The dream of Betis finishing fourth and entering the new Champions League seemed to fade early on, but in the final, they managed to keep it alive with a huge upset.

In a frantic match that included three penalty kicks, all in favor of the visitors, a dismissal and a penalty save, Elche found themselves in the lead since the first ten minutes, with coach Manuel Pellegrini’s team rising and falling in the second half. Jose’s golden goal hat-trick in the fifth minute of stoppage time.

However, the hosts shout out for The arbitration of Iglesias Villanueva, especially for the error in stoppage time, from which the winning goal for the Andalusians came. The people of Elchi were angry at the referee, so they attacked him verbally, and the owner of the team warned him not to leave the stadium.

Refree Villanueva gave Elche three disposals (one of them was off the bench), while the icing on the cake was the foul and the yellow on defender Rocco for hitting his opponent in the face who was in possession, but that was apparently not there.

From there, the third penalty kick phase began Verdiblancos, who escaped with the three important points away from home. Of course, the video assistant referee could not intervene in the stage and inform the match referee.

Elche’s sporting director criticized the insults Team owner Christian Pagarnik walked into the referees’ locker room and let loose his threats after losing his temper over decisions.