Real Betis News

The Los Blancos are currently standing in fifth place on the La Liga standings after winning one of three matches.

Barcelona converted all four of its penalties in the shootout and Marc-André ter Stegen stopped the efforts by Juanmi and Willian Carvalho to give the Catalan club the victory.

After failing to win their last four league games, Barca returned to winning ways with an emphatic 5-2 victory over Real Betis on Saturday. Lionel Messi came back from the bench and scored a second-half brace. The win was somewhat marred by a knee injury to Barca's wonderkid Ansu Fati.

As a result, Chilean goalkeeper Claudio Bravo has now become Betic's second signing of the season. Born on April 13, 1983, Bravo began his professional football career with Colo-Colo in his native country and made 123 appearances for them from 2002 to 2006 In 2014, Bravo joined Barcelona and featured in 70 games for them before being moved to Manchester City two years later.

Betis are slated to play their next La Liga match against Atletico Madrid on July 12 at Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.  

Sevilla are in third place in the standings with 50 points after 28 games while Betis were left in 12th on 33.

The season kick backs into action with a local derby between Sevilla and Real Betis on June 11 and there will be fixtures for the following seven days.

Sevilla`s derby match with neighbours Real Betis is set to be the first La Liga game to be played when the season resumes next month.

Barcelona lead the standings on 40 points, ahead of second-placed Real Madrid on goal difference.

Lo Celso, signed on loan by Spurs on transfer deadline day from Spanish side Real Betis, suffered a hip injury during Argentina`s 0-0 draw with Chile last week and the club confirmed on Tuesday that he would be sidelined until the end of October.

After Barcelona were surprisingly beaten 1-0 by Athletic Bilbao in their opening match of the season last week, they rebounded in style on Sunday.

Barcelona will seek redemption after a disappointing first league match of the season at the San Mames stadium, where it was handed a last-minute 1-0 defeat, reports Efe news.  

Valencia are sixth in the La Liga standings after 32 games on 49 points, two behind fifth-placed Getafe who drew 2-2 at Valladolid.

It was Messi's 51st career hat-trick, but he could not recall receiving such applause from a rival team's fans.

Escriba was the assistant coach at Getafe, Valencia, Benfica and Atletico Madrid, later becoming head coach at Elche who he led to the top flight in his first season in charge. 

The victory took Real Madrid to 42 points, cutting the gap on second-placed Atletico Madrid to two points ahead of next Saturday's city derby.

Barca lead the La Liga standings on 50 points after 22 games, Atletico are second with 44 while third-placed Real Madrid, who play at home to Alaves later on Sunday and visit Atletico next week, have 39.

The French forward, netted twice in the first-half to take his goalscoring tally to 209 goals in 446 games, moving ahead into sixth place on the club's all-time top scorers list. 

The second leg takes place next Wednesday, where Espanyol take on Real Betis and Real Madrid host Girona on Thursday in the remaining quarter-final, first legs after Getafe defeated Valencia 1-0 on Tuesday.

The victory saw Madrid climb to third place on 36 points, three ahead of Sevilla who have failed to win in their last four league outings, while Barcelona, who host Leganes on Sunday, are top with 43.