At 23:15 GMT on March 3, Atletico Madrid hosted Betis in the 27th round of La Liga. At the beginning of the match, both sides showed strong willingness to attack. Atletico Madrid pressed aggressively in front of the field, trying to create threats through quick counterattacks. Real Betis, on the other hand, relied on solid defense and precise counter-attacks to respond.
Just over three minutes into the game, Atletico created a threatening attack. Their forward pressing led to a mistake by a Real Betis player, and De Paul burst into the box, but missed a good opportunity when he failed to score with a shot from a narrow angle.
However, Atletico didn't give up on the attack. 6 minutes later, Morata was held up and fell to the ground when he broke through with the ball in the penalty area, but the referee didn't say anything. Morata then took the penalty kick himself, but unfortunately the goalkeeper parried it away, he followed up with a supplementary shot, but it was still blocked. This attack made Atletico miss a great chance to extend their lead. Just four minutes later, they scored again! Morata made it 2-0 with a header from close range, a goal that gave Atletico a 2-0 lead over Real Betis at the end of the first half.
In the second half, Real Betis replaced Guido Rodriguez and William Carvalho in an attempt to strengthen the offense by adjusting the lineup. In the 50th minute, William José scored a header, but the goalkeeper side-stepped to confiscate the ball, failing to get a goal back for Real Betis. In the 62nd minute, Real Betis finally scored! Cardoso crossed the ball to William Carvalho, who made a slight adjustment after stopping the ball, and shot the ball into the corner of the net! The goal gave Real Betis a point and put the game back in doubt. The rest of the match saw both teams trying to score more goals. In the 78th minute, Guido's shot was parried and hit the post, giving Real Betis a chance to equalize.
In the end, Atletico won this exciting La Liga match with a close 2-1 victory over Real Betis. After this game Atletico are 2 points behind third place Barcelona with 55 points with one game to go.
