Girona substitute Gabriel Misehouy struck in the 72nd minute to rescue a 1-1 draw at Real Betis in their opening game of LaLiga on Thursday. (More Football News)
Betis started well and opened the scoring in the sixth minute wit🔯h a bullet he🐻ader by defender Marc Bartra from a corner.
Abel Ruiz almost pulled Los Blanquivermells level on the hour-mark, darting in behi♊nd Betis' defence, only to poke his first-time shot agains🌜t the near post.
However, Girona managed ♉to find the equaliser with a close-range finish by Misehouy, who swept a neat finish into the far-bottom corner in his first g♔ame for the club.
Both teams had chancꦑes to win it late on, though Betis in particular will rue theirs as Chimy Avila's volley rattled Paulo Gazzaniga's goal frame before Nabil Fekir flashed an effort ꦿjust wide in stoppage time.
Data Debrief: Spoils shared
Betis have not lost their first game of the season in any of the last fi🧜ve campaigns in LaLiga (winning three, drawing two), since a 1-2 loss against Real Valladoliඣd in August 2019.
B♍artra's first-half goal was not enough to get them a win in the end, but he scored his 12th goal in LaLiga (seven with Betis, ෴five for Barcelona), half of them being headers, with five of those six coming from corners.
Meanwhil𒊎e, after losing his first four games against Betis in LaLiga betwe🍷en 2018 and 2023, Míchel is now unbeaten in three against them in the top-flight (one win, two draws).
