Betis Deportivo’s first defeat of the season came in the most frustrating way possible. They led 0-2 at half-time, then lost 3-2 to Tamaraceite after conceding twice in two minutes and a stoppage-time winner in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
The collapse after half-time
The game had been under control by the 37th minute, when Betis Deportivo were already 0-2 up. Then the second half flipped fast. Tamaraceite pulled one back in the 63rd minute, levelled it in the 65th, and Aitor Brito scored the winner in the 90+5 minute.
That sequence turned a clean away win into a damaging loss for Betis Deportivo, and it was the kind of collapse that leaves little room for complaint. Dani Fragoso’s side had the scoreboard advantage and still let it slip in a six-minute spell.
What the result changes
The damage is softened by the table, not by the performance. Betis Deportivo and Real Club Recreativo de Huelva are level on 14 points after seven rounds, so the defeat does not cost them first place in Group IV right now.
Still, the margin for error is thinner after a match like this. Real Betis’s reserve side had the chance to build a cushion and instead walked away with a first defeat that came after they were two goals up and only a minute away from escaping with something from the trip.
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