Tricolor connection: Lainez assisted Guarded to achieve a historic goal for Mexico in La Liga

Diego Lainez and Andrés Guardado combined to give Betis the momentary advantage, who ended up adding a very important visitor point for his goal of qualifying for the Europa League

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Today, Betis was Mexican in its purest form . Diego Lainez and Andrés Guardado were headlines and positively influenced the team led by Manuel Pellegrini. Lainez attended Saved for the first goal of the match , which momentarily put the Verdiblanco club ahead, which ended up drawing 1-1 against Eibar.

Lainez attended @ SAVED 18 in the tie that left Eibar injured in the LaLiga table https://t.co/SHy 8564 vNa

– beIN SPORTS Spanish (@ESbeINSPORTS) May 13, 2021

Lainez led a counterattack down the right wing, then outlined with his left foot and left two opponents behind to serve the ball to Saved , who with a lot of space and time was able to get a great blow -also with his left leg- to beat the rival goalkeeper, who took the shot by surprise. Golazo.

The goal to the Mexican Betis 🇲🇽

Andrés Guardado scores after a pass from Diego Lainez

In the end they ended up tied 1-1 against Eibar pic.twitter.com/B6M1QHS0kT

– Gerardo Velázquez de León (@gvlo 2008) May 13, 2021

It was the first goal for Andrés Guardado this season . The Mexican did not score a goal in La Liga from the 29 of January of 2018, when he scored the Celta Vigo. For Lainez , was his first assistance since January of this year , when he collaborated with a goal pass in the Copa del Rey, against Mutilvera. And in La Liga, it was his first assist since 23 from December to 2020, when he gave he generated the goal with which Betis beat Cádiz .

Historic goal for Mexico

Reported by OptaJose, an account dedicated to providing data on Spanish football , that

the combination between Diego Lainez and Andrés Guardado was the first between two Mexican players in La Liga in the 21st century . Although both players had coincided on the court, they had not yet had a partnership that generated a goal. Until today.

Betis added a point that keeps them in qualifying positions for the Europa League. Have 55 points and it is up to himself to keep the sixth box in which he is located. It is one point behind Real Sociedad, which is fifth.

However, Betis must take care of Villareal, who have the same points. The Betics add 10 matches without losing. His last two dates will be against Huesca – a team that struggles not to be relegated – and Celta de Vigo, who is eighth.

1 – In the game between @ RealBetis_en against Eibar, Andrés Guardado 🇲🇽 has scored thanks to Diego Lainez’s 🇲🇽 assist, becoming the first goal involvement by two Mexican players in @ LaLigaEN in the 21 st century. Connection. pic.twitter.com/GT1FuaG0Yt

– OptaJose (@OptaJose) May 13, 2021