The Betis Deportivo Post
Squad5 Oct 2026
Elyaz is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Aitor Gismera
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad5 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Betis Deportivo
Ian Forns and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Dani Pérez named in the team of the month
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Dani Pérez is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
Squad5 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Betis Deportivo
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Carlos Reina was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
Half-satisfied: Biel Méndez on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
In brief
- Match No goals between Betis Deportivo and Antequera
- The dugout No place in the plan for Darling Bladi
- The dugout The manager comes out for Gnangoro Bouare