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Real Betis friendly

Thu Jul 12, 2018 1:54 pm

Partly our of curiosity, as I wasn't really aware of what players they had and wondered what kind of a test it would be as a warm up game pre Premiership I googled Real Betis.
They've got a few tasty players in their squad, so should be a decent test.
The thing that truly surprised me though was how big a club they are.
Problem in Spain, is that Real Madrid and Barcelona are SO big that all other teams tend to go unnoticed.
Was amazed that they have a 60,000 capacity stadium and that last season when finishing 6th in LaLiga they averaged 45,000 attendances.
Must have fair clout in the finance stakes as well, loaned Joel Campbell from Arsenal last season and supposedly he's on £90,000 a week.
Should be a stern test.

Re: Real Betis friendly

Thu Jul 12, 2018 2:02 pm

Anyone know how much this game is ?

Re: Real Betis friendly

Thu Jul 12, 2018 2:08 pm

Any of their players at the World Cup?

Re: Real Betis friendly

Thu Jul 12, 2018 2:14 pm

jimmy_rat wrote:Any of their players at the World Cup?


I know they’ve recently signed that Inui who scored a few goals for Japan. Not sure who else they have.

Re: Real Betis friendly

Thu Jul 12, 2018 4:06 pm

Only Japan's Inui and Mexico's Guardado at World Cup.
They have recently signed Everton's Joel Robles on a free transfer.

Re: Real Betis friendly

Fri Jul 13, 2018 12:52 pm

When are tickets for this on sale?

Re: Real Betis friendly

Sat Jul 14, 2018 1:08 pm

Very good test they have good players probably beat us

They came 5th in la liga ahead of Sevilla , only finished behind Barca ,real , athletico and Valencia

Also they play in europa league so yes a good game for us

Re: Real Betis friendly

Mon Jul 16, 2018 3:43 pm

tonythomas wrote:Partly our of curiosity, as I wasn't really aware of what players they had and wondered what kind of a test it would be as a warm up game pre Premiership I googled Real Betis.
They've got a few tasty players in their squad, so should be a decent test.
The thing that truly surprised me though was how big a club they are.
Problem in Spain, is that Real Madrid and Barcelona are SO big that all other teams tend to go unnoticed.
Was amazed that they have a 60,000 capacity stadium and that last season when finishing 6th in LaLiga they averaged 45,000 attendances.
Must have fair clout in the finance stakes as well, loaned Joel Campbell from Arsenal last season and supposedly he's on £90,000 a week.
Should be a stern test.

Re: Real Betis friendly

Mon Jul 16, 2018 3:55 pm

This is my first ever post I have been a city fan for 45 years I now live in Seville and a real betis season ticket holder betis are huge the fan base is all over spain already sold 50000 season tickets for this season and still 6 weeks to go the ground was revamped for the start of last season it now holds 61000 fans European football is back next year with the club finishing above sevilla for the first time in 10 years the 2019/20 season will see the club expand the ground again to 72000 making it the 3rd largest in la liga I attend all home games with a welsh flag with real betis Cardiff fans on it all my mates love the experience of a weekend watching betis last year got back for 5 city home games this year hope to do the same

Re: Real Betis friendly

Mon Jul 16, 2018 4:45 pm

tonythomas wrote:Only Japan's Inui and Mexico's Guardado at World Cup.
They have recently signed Everton's Joel Robles on a free transfer.


They've also recently signed William Carvalho who played in the World Cup for Portugal. Free as well as he terminated his contract

Re: Real Betis friendly

Mon Jul 16, 2018 6:08 pm

That's wrong 20 million euros plus 10 million with had ons

Re: Real Betis friendly

Tue Jul 17, 2018 11:30 am

Do we know when tickets will be on sale?
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