Betis 2-4 Braga(Agg 3-5): Hosts suffer turnaround from two-goal lead

Pau Victor, Vitor Carvalho, Ricardo Horta and Jean-Baptiste Gorby score as Braga hit back from 2-0 down in their UEFA Europa League quarter-final second leg

Match Report 

The home side started brightest and Cucho Hernández curled narrowly wide but Braga didn't heed the warning. Just seconds later, Betis had their opener as Abde Ezzalzouli lifted a cross to the waiting Antony, who steered in a delicate, cushioned header off the far post.

It wasn't long before they had a second as well. This time Pablo Fornals was the architect, playing a smart one-two with Antony before crossing for Ezzalzouli to tap in.

Just when it seemed like Betis might pull away for good, Braga hit back with their first shot on target, Pau Victor taking advantage of a defensive mix-up to score - and it was a clear turning point in the game.

Braga built on that goal by levelling soon after the restart as Vitor Carvalho headed in Ricardo Horta's free kick, but even better was to come for the visitors. Four minutes later, Ricardo Horta put them ahead with a penalty after Demir Ege Tıknaz was brought down by Sofyan Amrabat.

Betis were stunned and there was time for one more from the away side. Perhaps their best of the night, a soaring volley from Jean-Baptiste Gorby with 16 minutes put gloss on a remarkable victory which few saw coming with half an hour gone.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

13' GOAL! Betis 1-0 Braga (Antony)

26' GOAL! Betis 2-0 Braga (Abde Ezzalzouli)

31' Match Event for Betis vs Braga

38' GOAL! Betis 2-1 Braga (Pau Víctor)

49' GOAL! Betis 2-2 Braga (Vítor Carvalho)

53' Penalty Goal! Betis 2-3 Braga (Ricardo Horta)

74' GOAL! Betis 2-4 Braga (Gorby)

Line-ups

Betis XI: Rodriguez, Bartra, Bellerin, D.Llorente, P. Lopez, Amrabat, Álvaro Fidalgo, Cucho Hernández, Fornals, Antony, Abde Ezzalzouli

Subs: Adrian, Isco, Bakambu, Chimy Ávila, Roca, Ruibal, Álvaro Valles, Riquelme, Sergi Altimira, Nelson Deossa, Valentín Gómez, Pablo García

Braga XI: Grillitsch, Ricardo Horta, Vítor Carvalho, Víctor Gomez, Gustaf Lagerbielke, Lukas Hornicek, Bright Arrey-Mbi, Pau Víctor, Gabri Martínez, Gorby, D. Tıknaz

Subs: Moutinho, Oliveira, Tiago Sá, Fran Navarro, Leonardo Lelo, Rodrigo Zalazar, Amine El Ouazzani, João Carvalho, Mario Dorgeles, Yanis da Rocha, Gabriel Moscardo, Luís Teixeira Pinto