Late on in the first half Andrea Belotti thought he had levelled but the offside flag ruined his celebrations. The Italians were determined to push on though ...
The final 15 minutes were very much played on Betis’ terms, as they kept the ball off [Roma](https://football-italia.net/teams/roma/), knowing it was the key to their qualification. Belotti was slipped through and touched it on to Mady Camara, who in turn squared it for Belotti to have a simple finish. Betis began to get a foothold, controlling the ball and got reward for that just after the half hour mark.
Roma earned a crucial result in Spain this evening that keeps their goal of advancing to the Europa League knockout stages alive.
(Assist: Mady Camara) [Gianluca Mancini](https://romapress.net/joomsport_player/gianluca-mancini/?sid=80340) (Assist: Rodri Sánchez)
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"I think without a doubt we deserved the draw that is life. "Fantastic second half, great responsibility in improving the team. I liked the second half so much.
Andrea Belotti scored a second-half equaliser as Roma ended Real Betis' 100 per cent home record this season and kept alive their Europa League hopes.
Real Betis took the lead when Sergio Canales' strike was deflected past the goalkeeper The home side took the lead when Sergio Canales' strike from distance took a huge deflection off Roger Ibanez to completely wrong-foot - Real Betis took the lead through Canales' deflected strike in the first-half
Jose Mourinho auditioned for the role of VAR by celebrating Roma's goal against Real Betis several minutes before it was confirmed.
However, while everyone else waited several minutes for the VAR to check every angle, Mourinho took a quick glance at the replay on his assistant’s tablet and started celebrating wildly on the touchline. Jose Mourinho auditioned for the role of VAR by celebrating The offside flag went up in Seville as
The Giallorossi's Europa League knockout round prospects could come down to getting a result in Spain.
They’re two guys who know how to put the ball in the back of the net, but they’ve combined for just three goals so far. Meanwhile, the injuries at right wing-back mean that Nicola Zalewski will fill in there with Leo Spinazzola on the left. And as great as it was to lift that trophy, I don’t think anyone wants a shot at a repeat of that title over fighting it out in the Europa League knockout rounds. That likely means that we’ll see the striker tandem of Tammy Abraham and Andrea Belotti from the start. The loss put Roma’s Europa League campaign in peril as the Giallorossi have now dropped two of their opening three group-stage matches. The Giallorossi travel to Seville knowing they need a result—preferably a win—otherwise, they may find themselves again toiling in the Conference League.
Roma are under a lot of pressure against runaway Europa League group leaders Real Betis, with Andrea Belotti and Tammy Abraham leading the attack.
[Nabil Fekir](https://football-italia.net/player/nabil-fekir/) in the stands. [Nicolò Zaniolo](https://football-italia.net/player/nicolo-zaniolo/) is suspended, so [Lorenzo Pellegrini](https://football-italia.net/player/lorenzo-pellegrini/) supports Belotti and Abraham upfront. [Aitor Ruibal](https://football-italia.net/player/aitor-ruibal/), Pezzella, Luiz [Felipe](https://football-italia.net/player/felipe/), [Miranda](https://football-italia.net/player/miranda/); Guardado, Akoukou; [Joaquín](https://football-italia.net/player/joaquin/), Canales, [Rodri](https://football-italia.net/player/rodri/); [Willian](https://football-italia.net/player/willian/) José [Felipe](https://football-italia.net/player/felipe/) and Joaquin are again in action. [Juanmi](https://football-italia.net/player/juanmi/) is still out, while [Loren Morón](https://football-italia.net/player/loren-moron/) and Martin Montoya are not in the Europa League squad. [Paulo Dybala](https://football-italia.net/player/paulo-dybala/) sustained a serious thigh injury while converting a penalty against Lecce and is out for four to six weeks, joining [Rick](https://football-italia.net/player/rick/) Karsdorp, [Zeki Celik](https://football-italia.net/player/zeki-celik/), [Georginio Wijnaldum](https://football-italia.net/player/georginio-wijnaldum/) and [Ebrima Darboe](https://football-italia.net/player/ebrima-darboe/) on the sidelines.