Aitor Ruibal

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Marked for Aitor Ruibal

15 Edition

The Betis Herald

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match3 Nov 2026

Cup progress for Betis

A 3‑0 win over Sanluqueño, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

Marc Roca pops up at the right end — 7.80

7.80, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

A defender's goal wins it for Betis — 7.92

1 for Aitor Ruibal, marked 7.92, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

Market9 Nov 2026

Troy Parrott has his eye on Europe

It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Betis can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.

Squad9 Nov 2026

Words exchanged at Betis

Antony and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match7 Nov 2026

Betis come up short against Celta

Celta left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Match3 Nov 2026

Marc Roca at the heart of a fast Betis start

2 goals inside twenty minutes with Marc Roca in the middle of it, and Sanluqueño unable to get near the ball long enough to change anything. Some matches are won before the first drink.

Market9 Nov 2026

Cucho Hernández is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Betis has been clear about where Cucho Hernández stands, which is more than many ever get.

Player ratings9 Nov 2026

Ez Abde in the eights

A performance of 8.13 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

In brief

  • The dugout The manager makes an example of Cucho Hernández
  • Player ratings Antony runs at them all day
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
Back issues
13 Edition

The Betis Herald

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market26 Oct 2026

Natan hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Betis can pretend not to have heard.

Squad26 Oct 2026

A fracture rules Facundo Bernal out for 19 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Betis will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Antony beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 27. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Age has not caught Isco yet — 8.35

At 34 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.35 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Antony in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Betis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match24 Oct 2026

Honours even between Betis and Athletic Bilbao

2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

Aitor Ruibal dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

Jan Herrero: “We have to be better”

“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 2‑2 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.

The dugout26 Oct 2026

Diego Conde gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

12 Edition

The Betis Herald

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad19 Oct 2026

A fracture rules Álvaro Valles out for 21 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Betis will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Match17 Oct 2026

Cucho Hernández sends Betis past Oviedo

It finished 1‑0, and it was Cucho Hernández’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Betis.

Loan watch19 Oct 2026

Manu González wants to come home

“I did not go to Tenerife to sit and watch. I want to come back to Betis and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Fran García takes the honours

Marked 7.46 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Betis had the best player on the pitch.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

A promise honoured for Aitor Ruibal

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Betis told Aitor Ruibal something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

The view from the dugout

“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Jan Herrero, on a 1‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

The afternoon ran through Antony

Chances created: 11. Nothing on the scoresheet and everything in the match: the pass before the pass, over and over, until the defence stopped guessing right.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Bookings catch up with Natan

One yellow too many, and a match watched from the stand. The most avoidable absence in football, and Betis will feel it on Saturday.

The dugout19 Oct 2026

No place in the plan for Marc Bartra

The manager wanted a different profile for this opponent, which is a real football reason and no consolation. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

In brief

11 Edition

The Betis Herald

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad12 Oct 2026

Álvaro Valles breaks a bone — 28 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 28 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad12 Oct 2026

A falling-out at Betis

Natan and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Isco gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Isco is on it.

Market12 Oct 2026

Troy Parrott linked with a move away

The name of Troy Parrott keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Betis say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Aitor Ruibal wants to know why he earns less

Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and Betis have no good answer.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

The manager makes Nelson Deossa a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Betis. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

In brief

4 Edition

The Betis Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Betis make their move for Samu Aghehowa

$37.4M on the table at Porto. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Squad24 Aug 2026

9 saves: Álvaro Valles was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 9 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Squad24 Aug 2026

88 days out for Facundo Bernal after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Betis will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Betis

Natan and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Betis rebuffed over Alessandro Bastoni

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Inter have kept their man, and Betis go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Antony in the eights

A performance of 8.03 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match22 Aug 2026

Betis share the spoils with Levante

A 1‑1 draw with Levante leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

Somebody else is better right now than Aitor Ruibal

The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

Half-satisfied: Jan Herrero on the draw

“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 1‑1, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.

In brief

  • Looking ahead A test against the best for Betis
  • Squad Troy Parrott finally opens his account
  • Market The Antony story refuses to die