DistantNews
Support us
🇨🇱 Chile /Sports

Pellegrini celebrates victory over Mourinho as Betis edge Real Madrid

From Cooperativa · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News From a news agency Outcome reported
  • Real Betis beat Real Madrid 1-0 in the fourth round of Spain’s league season, in a widely anticipated meeting between Manuel Pellegrini and José Mourinho.
  • Troy Parrott scored in the 80th minute after Thibaut Courtois saved from a corner.
  • Betis held on after VAR ruled out Carlos Espí’s equalizer and Alvaro Valles saved Kylian Mbappé’s stoppage-time penalty.

Manuel Pellegrini won the much-discussed reunion with José Mourinho as Real Betis defeated Real Madrid 1-0 in a lively match opening the fourth round of Spain’s league season.

Troy Parrott scored in the 80th minute, reacting inside the six-yard box after Thibaut Courtois made an outstanding save from a corner. Real Madrid appeared to equalize through Carlos Espí, but VAR ruled the goal offside.

Betis then survived a late scare when goalkeeper Alvaro Valles saved a stoppage-time penalty from Kylian Mbappé to preserve the victory.

About this summary

Originally published by Cooperativa in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

More Stories

From Our Blog