"Any hope of a Betis response was quickly extinguished after the restart. Five minutes into the second half, Valverde clipped a measured pass into Gonzalo Garcia, who controlled on his chest before firing a low finish into the bottom corner to double the lead. Soon after, Madrid struck again from a set-piece, with Raul Asencio powering home a header from Rodrygo's corner to make it 3-0."
"Betis briefly threatened to make things uncomfortable, hitting the post from a Giovani Lo Celso free-kick and forcing Courtois into a couple of saves. Their reward arrived in the 66th minute when Hernandez capitalised on a defensive lapse, rounding the goalkeeper and finishing to reduce the deficit.# But any momentum Betis gained was short-lived. Substitute Arda Guler played a key role in restoring Madrid's cushion, releasing Gonzalo Garcia for his third goal of the afternoon."
Real Madrid dominated Real Betis 5-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu, Gonzalo Garcia scoring a hat-trick and Federico Valverde influential across midfield. Madrid pinned Betis deep and repeatedly found space down the left through Vinicius Junior, opening the scoring from a Rodrygo free-kick headed in by Garcia for his first LaLiga goal. Betis struggled to build sustained momentum and relied on speculative long-range efforts that failed to trouble Thibaut Courtois. Early in the second half Valverde set up Garcia to double the lead, Rodrygo’s corner led to Raul Asencio’s header, Hernandez reduced the deficit, then Arda Guler released Garcia for his third.
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