After Real Madrid's away defeat to Real Betis, Roncero wrote an article analyzing the match. He believed Real Madrid's defeat was undeserved from a purely footballing perspective, but the team once again exposed its emotional instability, and Mbappé's repeated missed chances in front of goal proved to be a crucial turning point in the game.

First stumble

Mourinho's Real Madrid had been cruising smoothly through the new season, with Mbappé in excellent form in front of goal and the team's defense very solid, leading some to believe this new team could go months without losing a game. But when the first truly challenging away fixture arrived, at the packed Estadio La Cartuja surrounded by Betis supporters, the team stepped on the first banana skin of the new season.

In fact, from a purely footballing perspective, I don't think losing to Pellegrini's Betis was deserved, but this defeat also reflected the emotional instability and fragility of this team. Over the past two seasons, they have repeatedly fallen apart on chaotic nights like yesterday's.

Actually, football is very simple. If you have clear scoring opportunities, you have to put the ball in the net. But today, Mbappé inexplicably lost his accuracy completely in front of goal. In just the first half, he had two consecutive chances where the goalkeeper was out of position, but both shots went straight to Betis defenders. The team's star player even failed to convert a penalty. Without question, this lack of efficiency cost Mourinho, and this time he couldn't pull off a comeback through substitutions.

Excellent Álvaro Valles almost helped him do exactly that, scoring a beautiful goal. But according to the constant method of review and analysis in modern football, they eventually discovered the young player was offside earlier, and his masterpiece was thus disallowed.

I would like to point out that the penalty missed by Mbappé should probably have been retaken, because it's truly incomprehensible that it wasn't. There's nothing new under the sun, but I think that with the attacking power of Real Madrid's current squad, they shouldn't have left La Cartuja empty-handed.

As for Betis, things were much simpler. Álvaro Valles was in excellent form, and combined with the very active play that followed, his performance proved that the goal-scoring gene ran through the team's veins, finally giving the match a result that almost no one had predicted before the start of this big confrontation in Seville.

Sister club

I know times have changed, and just as the relationship between Real Madrid and Espanyol, the brotherhood between Real Madrid and Betis is no longer as deep as it once was. However, Fran García recently joined Betis for a "friendly price" of 4 million euros, and with Ceballos also coming to this green and white squad, it shows that Betis is still a well-regarded club in the offices of the Bernabéu.

This has always been the case historically. Just look at the list of players who have worn the shirts of both clubs, and that is enough to prove it: Lecuona, Barinaga, Mateos, Castaño, Santisteban, Isidro (father of Kike-Alexis-Flores), Del Sol (who moved to Juventus in the 1960s for 22 million pesetas), Ansartas, the great Rafa Gordillo, Poli Rincón, Ito, Parra, Jarni, Alfonso, Iván Pérez, Rivera, Haro, Adán, Contreras, Tote, Javi García, Juanfran, Van der Vaart, Canales, Diego Llorente and Isco. Friends forever. Long live Betis, long live Real Madrid.

This day in history

On September 4, 1960, a match took place at the Bernabéu that my late father described as the most shocking in Real Madrid's history. At that time, Real Madrid and Peñarol – the team Federico Valverde supported as a child – competed for the first Intercontinental Cup title. After a 0-0 draw in the first match in Montevideo, the European champions and South American champions would decide everything in 90 minutes.

At the 15-minute mark, more than 120,000 spectators at the Chamartín were already in ecstasy thanks to two brilliant goals from Puskás and a goal from Di Stéfano. Chus Herrera and Paco Gento then continued to score, with Gento even delivering a classic chip goal, completing a magnificent "five-fingered mountain" for Real Madrid. The subsequent goal by Uruguayan player Spencer could only weakly alter the scoreline. That Real Madrid team was the emperor of world football. No team could rival them. Of course, I can't say the same now...

Moving gesture from Betis

Before the match, I greatly appreciated a gesture by Real Betis, where they displayed the Spanish flag and the flag of Ceuta on the pitch. Our compatriots are going through a nightmare, so any gesture of support and solidarity towards them, in my opinion, is highly commendable. I hope other teams can follow their example, and from now on, we can see such gestures in all La Liga stadiums.

Traduzido por IA.

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