Always written phonetically (incorrectly) to reflect its supporters' voice, the accent of the city: Viva er Betis manque pierda. "Long live Betis, even if they lose. " The ultimate declaration of love. In sickness and in health, for richer or poorer. Manque pierda holds the image of Betis as a popular club, a populist one. An idiosyncratic club, noisy and fun, silly sometimes and so much the better for it, and liked across the country. When they were last relegated to the second division, there were still 40, 000 season ticket holders. But the idea of right and left, rich and poor -- former socialist Prime Minister Felipe González was a Betis fan, which played into it nicely -- is hard to sustain.
5 miles) apart. The fanbases are spread right across Seville and across families too, where béticos and sevillistas live together. They are everywhere and almost equal, which is a key part of the rivalry. This is a city divided, split down the middle. Right down the middle. There are lots of béticos, they get everywhere and you can always hear them coming. They're the country's sixth-most popular club according to government statistics and economic migration from Andalucía, particularly in the 1960s and 1970s, has spread them all over Spain. But Sevilla are not so far behind -- 1.
"How many kids have become Sevilla fans because of that song? " Ivan Rakitic admitted this week that Lionel Messi would sometimes sing it in the Barcelona dressing room. "Across history, it may be true that there was a time when Sevilla were a bit more of the rich club, Betis a bit more the humble club, but that's over now, " Alfonso says. "Nervión, where Sevilla's ground is, is a good area. Betis's ground was a patch of land out of the way, but now there are houses around it -- and very nice ones. Now it's fully in the city. "The two grounds are just 4km (2.
Oviedo scored two more in the second half, in the 61st and 73rd minutes, at which point Sevilla immediately got two back in three minutes, as if their pride had been provoked or they sought to make a point. "And they were whistled for it, " Esteban recalls. When Oviedo missed chances, the home fans chanted about how bad they were -- even like this, even supported by their opponents' fans, they were struggling.
There are neighbourhoods that are more bético, others that are sevillista. Triana is bética, they'll tell you. But these are clubs spread right across the city and all social classes, countless contradictions that belie simplistic claims. And when it comes to fun, few grounds deliver like Sevilla's Sánchez Pizjuán. Sevilla's anthem may well be the best in the game, spine-tingling and impossibly catchy: written for the centenary, it is little over a decade old, but it feels like they have been singing it forever. Something akin to manque pierda, maybe. An ode to the city, the emblematic Giralda tower of the Cathedral "proud" of Sevilla, who "never give up. ""You could study it sociologically, " Alfaro says.
Betis won their only league in 1935, led to the title by their Irish manager, Patrick O'Connell. But after the civil war, they slipped into the second division and even the third. Sevilla grew, creating an identification with city institutions. Betis survived through popular support, an attempt made to bring the club closer to the people, reaching out to the rest of Andalucía, while being in a lower division also meant lower prices, shifting and even expanding the social base of the club. A phrase emerged that defines them even now, a ubiquitous line that brings together earthy pride, identity and location, a declaration of loyalty and love, a message for everyone immediately associated with them.
Summary and highlights of Sevilla 1-1 Monaco in Friendly Match | 12/27/20220-1 min 59, Gelson Martins. 1-1 min 72, Pedro Ortiz. EVENT ENDEDPhoto: VAVEL3:55 PM22 days agoThank you all for joining us in this intense duel with an exciting ending, it has been a pleasure to be with all of you. See you all again! 3:50 PM22 days agoThe referee has added two minutes of time; 3:46 PM22 days agoBen Seghir's shot goes high; 3:42 PM22 days agoTen minutes to go and the score is still tied at one 3:36 PM22 days agoLulo's header went wide; Sevilla were about to score the second; 3:35 PM22 days agoPedro Ortíz saw the goalkeeper ahead of him and shot from the center of the field to score the equalizer; 3:30 PM22 days agoSevilla asked for a penalty after the fall of Carlos Alvarez, finally it was Carlos who got the yellow card for protesting; 3:25 PM22 days agoJorge Sampaoli makes nine changes: Jesús Navas, Fernando, Jose Angel, Rekik, Nianzou, Rakitić, Jordan, Oliver Torres and Rafa Mir leave and Hormigo, Ryan, Manu Bueno, Capi, Quintana, Carlos, Pedro Ortiz, Kike Salas and Lulo enter in their place; 3:21 PM22 days agoA mistake in the ball outfield leads to the first goal by Gelson Martins that puts Monaco ahead; 3:16 PM22 days agoSuso is replaced by Januzaj 3:15 PM22 days agoGelson Martins's shot goes wide; 3:13 PM22 days agoEarly stages of the second half with no chances for either team; 3:06 PM22 days agoThe second half starts with many changes in the Mó naco, which changes almost the entire team 2:49 PM22 days agoThe post avoids Sevilla's first after Suso's powerful shot; 2:43 PM22 days agoNow it is Dmitrovic who intervenes to prevent Ben Yedder's goal; 2:39 PM22 days agoFernando avoided the first goal under the posts after Golovin's shot; 2:33 PM22 days agoRakitic's pass that did not reach; Oliver by very little 2:25 PM22 days agoSuso's cross was headed by Rafa Mir, but Nubel caught it; 2:20 PM22 days agoOacute;liver Torres' shot from the front falls into the hands of Nubel.
Betis were losing and they couldn't be happier; this was what they wanted, for one simple reason. If they lost to Sporting, Betis could ensure Sevilla were relegated to the second division. And so they did lose, 1-0. But the supporters didn't just take satisfaction from the outcome; they didn't even just celebrate it. They did all they could to make it happen in the first place. They supported their opponents, and made it abundantly clear to their own players that they had better be beaten.
1% of the fans nationally compared to 3. 2%, statistics suggest -- and if Betis have more supporters across the rest of Andalucía and the Spain, within Seville it is close to 50-50. In sporting terms, the past 15 years have seen Sevilla be more successful, as they had been in the 1940s and 50s, but as institutions they are of similar sizes and there has been a certain competitive parity too, Europe aside -- one league each, four cups to two -- and success hasn't seen the social balance tip decisively, hasn't blunted the rivalry. There isn't really a big club-small club dynamic. In Barcelona, Espanyol are eclipsed. In Valencia, Levante are.
" The rivalry is the most passionate in the country, and it is there from the start, the two teams intertwined, forever face to face. "You have to live it, " Alfaro says. "When I came, Sevilla and Betis had had both been relegated to the second division, and we came up together. In the dressing room after every game, someone would always say 'And what did Betis do? ' You think: 'what does it matter? ' But with time, you would be the one that asked. When I got here my daughter said: 'dad, they're crazy. ' In the playground, they play Betis against Sevilla.
"The newspaper El País tried to. "A pantomime, " they called it. "Tragic-comic, " "shameful, " an "insult" that "sullies the sport. "Oviedo went 3-0 up, each of the goals celebrated by Sevilla's supporters. At half time, the score still only 1-0 largely because Oviedo (who hadn't won away from home in 14 months) kept missing chances, the Sevilla goalkeeper Frode Olsen asked to go off.
Quite? Seville has a special colour, the song says. Think of all those images of Spain, the clichés and the picture book stuff, and it's Seville. You remember "La Macarena, " right? Before that -- a long time before that -- the band Los del Río sang "Sevilla tiene un colour special", a track that talks of the light and the life in the city, its sights and smells, its heart. When the orange blossoms come out in the spring, the city of Carmen is genuinely a place that has an aroma of its own and "Sevilla tiene un colour special" eulogises about duende ("passion") and gypsies and flamenco and toros, holy week and religious brotherhoods.
And always Betis-Sevilla, Sevilla-Betis. If some kids are off school, they don't change the teams or mix: it doesn't matter if it's 10 against 15, it's Sevilla against Betis. "It's always Sevilla against Betis, even when it's not. Dmitry Cheryshev has never played for Real Betis. He has never played for Sevilla either. But he knows all about the rivalry in Seville; the story he tells of his weirdest experience as a footballer paints a portrait of what it means to the city, why this may well be the best derby in Spain. It is 25 years ago now, but he starts laughing as soon as it is mentioned. That day in May 1997, Cheryshev scored the only goal for Sporting Gijón in a 1-0 win over Betis, the entire ground going wild as his shot ball hit the net, the fans erupting. The Betis fans.
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Tradition is very present. Almost every family has a connection to some religious brotherhood or other -- the Macarena, the Gran Poder, Redención -- there's a deep sense of identification. "When it comes to the football teams especially. "When my wife's grandfather was dying, he was seriously ill in hospital and they undressed him, but when they got to his Sevilla watch he insisted: 'No, no, the watch stays on, ' Rakitic says.
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Go and buy the paper, go and get the bread, get in a taxi. Soak it all up, immerse yourself in it, listen to the people, see it. ' You only have one life; you have to enjoy it. ""The rivalry has a humour: they love to wind each other up. It's usually quite healthy... but it can get tense too, " Alfonso says.
What makes Real Betis vs. Sevilla the best rivalry in LaLiga12hAlex Kirkland and Rodrigo Faez2dAlex Kirkland and Sam MarsdenFeb 25, 2022Sid LoweSpain writer "The year I arrived in Seville, we won the first derby 3-1 away at Betis, " begins former Sevilla captain Pablo Alfaro. "I am driving down Avenida Kansas City after. I get to a red light and stop. A taxi pulls up alongside me in the right lane. 'Pablo! You're the best! ' Another taxi pulls up alongside me on the left. 'Pablo! Son of a b----! ' I'm thinking: 'I hope this goes green soon. ' When it does, I pull away. I look back and the two taxis are still there, stopped, ignoring the green light and arguing with each other, a traffic jam building up behind them, people beeping. ""Only in Seville. "- Stream Sevilla vs. Real Betis, Sun.
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