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0¹ LUIZ HENRIQUE beat CAICEDO and blasted the ball to LOREN who fumbled his shot wide. 2¹ LUIZ HENRIQUE's header was well saved by the 'keeper. 5¹ GOAL!! A shot from ADRIÀ PEDROSA flew through a crowd of players and trickled past the unsighted Real Betis 'keeper. (1-0 Espanyol) 7¹ A free-kick from LOREN raced just beyond the near post. 20¹ A cross from FABIÁN left CANALES in lots of space but he snapped at his shot. 24¹ CAICEDO booked. 27¹ ÉDGAR given a yellow card by the referee for a cynical challenge. 30¹ A perfect strike from BRUNO PERES was dealt with by a fine block from ÁLVARO. 32¹ CANALES headed over. 34¹ GOAL!! A strike from BRUNO PERES which the 'keeper was able to block was deemed over the line and the referee awarded the goal. (1-1) 37¹ GOAL!! A tackle from FABIÁN gave Espanyol a free-kick twenty-five yards out which IAGO thundered past DANI MARTÍN. (2-1 Espanyol) 40¹ VINICIUS SOUZA made space on the left and pulled the ball to BECKER who rasped the ball over. 1² A bad foul on AITOR PAREDES by BELTRÁN results in a booking. 2² Uncertainty in the Real Betis defence enabled BECKER to crack an effort just beyond the near post. 5² GOAL!! After a useful build-up BECKER drove a low shot past DANI MARTÍN. (3-1 Espanyol) 8² VINICIUS SOUZA beat two Real Betis players and slammed a golden opportunity over the bar. 11² FABIÁN floated the ball to LOREN who touched it over. 12² A great effort from CAICEDO scraped the upright. 14² JOSELU ran onto a wonderful ball from CAICEDO but hit his shot wide of the lefthand post. 27² A penalty box meleé resulted in BRUNO PERES cracking the ball wide. 28² GOAL!! A neat one-two left LUIZ HENRIQUE clear and he made no mistake by skillfully drifting the ball past the oncoming ÁLVARO. (3-2 Espanyol) 30² JOSELU was put clear by DANI GÓMEZ and he raced past the Real Betis 'keeper but glanced his shot wide.

Real Betis   League position: - Home league form: XX-- Overall league form: XLLX---- Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups DANI MARTÍN 5½ 1 6  ÁLVARO Fernández Santiago ARIAS 7  2 7½ LUCAS Vázquez BRUNO da Silva PERES 7½ 3 7½ ADRIÀ Giner PEDROSA (c)FABIÁN Ruiz 7  4 7  VINICIUS de SOUZA Costa Marc BARTRA 6½ 5 7½ AITOR PAREDES Casamichana ÉDGAR González 6½ 6 6½ Bram NUYTINCK LUIZ HENRIQUE André 7½ 7 6  JAVI PUADO Sergio CANALES 6½ 8 7  Sheraldo BECKER (p)LOREN 7½ 9 7  JOSELU(p) (f)JUAN CRUZ Diaz 6  10 6  Felipe CAICEDO(f) Lucas BELTRÁN 6  11 6½ IAGO Aspas(c) Manager Héctor JUNIOR FIRPO    12    Keidi BARE TONI FUIDIAS    13    Freddie WOODMAN VÍTOR HUGO Franchescoli    14 8  DANI GÓMEZ RODRI    15    Omar EL HILALI Nicolás LÓPEZ    16    Óscar MELENDO

Espanyol   League position: - Away league form: LX-- Overall league form: WLXX---- Formation: 4-3-3

Espanyol go through to the next round, 6-3 on aggregate

Statistics

Real Betis 2 Espanyol 3 (Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 30,350, Stadium: Benito Villamarín, Referee: Gerd Grabher 6) Bruno Peres 34¹, Luiz Henrique 28² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Adrià Pedrosa 5¹, Iago 37¹, Becker 5²   Vinicius SouzaóDani Gómez 14²     Édgar 27¹, Beltrán 1² Caicedo 24¹ 0 7 9 9 5 1 6 5 8 13 14 18 4 2 47% 53% ¶ Man of the match: Dani Gómez ¶