Destruction in Elche – Betis: fire and anger at the referee, the owner of the home team “raids” the dressing room

The dream of fourth place and elimination from the new Champions League seemed to fade for Betis early on, but they managed to keep it alive with a huge upset in the final.

In a frantic game of three penalties, all in favor of the visitors, one sending off and one saved, Elche found themselves in the lead from the first 10 minutes while Manuel Pellegrini’s side paced in the second half to draw past Joses golden hat-trick in the fifth minute of stoppage time.

However, the hosts shout after it the refereeing work of Iglesias Villanueva and, above all, the injury-time foul that gave the Andalusians the winning goal. The people of Elche were angry with the referee, they verbally attacked him and the owner of the team… warned him that he would not leave the field.

The referee Villanueva gave Elche three red cards (one was on the bench), while the icing on the cake was defender Rocco’s foul and yellow card for punching his opponent in the face, who claimed the ball but didn’t appear to be there.

From there, the phase for the third penalty began The Verdiblancos escaped with the away three points that were important for them. Of course, the VAR could not intervene in the phase and advise the referee.

Elche’s sports director lashed out with insults Team owner Christian Bagarnik went to the referees’ dressing room and unleashed his threats after losing his temper with the decisions.