Football: Betis suffer first defeat

MADRID: Promoted Real Betis lost the only remaining 100 per cent record in La Liga when they were beaten 1-0 at Getafe, though they remained top of the standings for another week. Getafe’s new coach Luis Garcia earned his first win when Diego Castro fired into the roof of the net in the 31st minute. Home keeper Miguel Angel Moya kept Getafe in the game after the break as Betis rediscovered some of the verve that had seen them race into first place on their return to the top flight, but they stayed on 12 points from five games.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 28^th,  2011.