The midfielder of True Betis, Sergi Altirara, admitted that “things that should not happen” have happened in the friendly match against the Como who went down in chaos but insisted that competitiveness is “the weapon” of a footballer.
The incident was triggered by heavy challenges on Betis Giovani Lo Celso and Isco’s field environments, leading to Pablo Fornes and the Maxi Perrone Punch of Como before the teammates were also hidden.
After more punches and a lot of push, the temperatures finally calmed down.
Forals and Perrone were dismissed with a second half calm, which led to a 3-2 victory at the end of 3-2 thanks to the goal of Ivan Azon.
‘Real Betis and Como wanted to win’
Altimira said, “There were things that shouldn’t happen. The two teams want to win, we are very competitive. This is our weapon.
“I think that in this type of game, we must not cross the line and we have to stay with football, which we need to improve and the things we have done well.”
The experienced boss of Betis, Manuel Pellegrini, told his players to calm down at halftime.
“He told us that we should not be involved in this type of game,” added Altimira. “We knew that they had made a lot of mistakes, they stopped the match a lot and that was what they wanted.
“We had to show a better mentality and so we showed it, too bad [we condeded] The goal in dying moments. »»
Como go to Barcelona for the Joan Gamper Trophy on Sunday while Betis faces Malaga in the Costa del Sol trophy.
