Buenos Aires, March 1 (NA) – Real Betis drew 2-2 with Sevilla in the match they played today at the Benito Villamarín stadium for the 26th matchday of LaLiga, the top tier of Spanish football. According to the Argentine News Agency, the home team started in the lead with goals from striker Antony and midfielder Álvaro Fidalgo at the 15th and 36th minutes of the first half, while the equalizers came from the strikes of attackers Alexis Sánchez and Isaac Romero at the 16th and 39th minutes of the second half. The draw leaves Betis in fifth place in the championship with 43 points and in the UEFA Europa League qualification zone, eight points away from Champions League access, while Sevilla is eleventh with 30 points, six above the relegation zone. The first goal of the Seville derby came at the 15th minute of the first half, with a great run down the left by winger Abde Ezzalzouli, who dribbled and sent a low cross that finished with a bicycle kick in the small area. In the 36th minute, Ezzalzouli again handled an attack down the left, this time cutting inside and filtering a pass for the run of midfielder Álvaro Fidalgo, who finished past the dive of goalkeeper Odisseas Vlachodimos for the 2-0. The scorer was the experienced Chilean striker Alexis Sánchez, at the 16th minute of the second half with a powerful header to the far post after the cross from the lane of Joaquín Gauna, who fell to the near post. When 39 minutes of the second half had passed, winger Isaac Romero took advantage of a loose ball in the area's crescent and hooked it first-time, with a powerful shot with the outside of his foot that entered, unsaveable, low and through the right post of goalkeeper Álvaro Vallés. The last chance of the match came from Betis, in the 41st minute, when the unbalancing Ezzalzouli attacked down the left, moved to his right foot and surprised with a shot that hit the right post of the opposing goalkeeper. In the rest of the matchday, Celta de Vigo beat Girona 2-1 and maintains its position in the UEFA Conference League, Espanyol drew with Elche 2-2, and Valencia defeated Osasuna by the minimum.
