The two players who made all the differences in the Real Betis vs Real Madrid match were Troy Parrott and Kylian Mbappe. Mbappe missed injury-time penalty while Troy came off the bench as a substitute to score the winner in the 1-0 victory.
In the 68th minute the Republic of Ireland striker came on and delivered a goal at close range after Thibaut Courtois parried Nelson Deossa’s header.
This is the third time he is appearing after he came from AZ Alkmaar in a £17.1-million deal, and it’s also his first goal since then.
Carlos Espi nearly erased the difference when he made good use of Vinicius Jr’s cross with amazing acrobatic volley; the video assistant referee checked and ruled it as offside. Before this, Madrid were awarded penalty but Alvaro Valles stopped Kylian Mbappe from scoring.
The result spelled a disaster for Jose Mourinho, Real Madrid manager, who already had a three-game winning start.
What Mourinho knew about Parrott before Betis vs Real Madrid match
Mourinho is aware that Troy Parrott is a dangerous striker. During the time he managed Tottenham, he gave the Dubliner his only two Premier League appearances in 2019-20.
Troy went out on several loan to serve EFL clubs in Millwall, Ipswich, MK Dons and Preston. He didn’t do well at Spurs. It was a loan at Dutch side Excelsior which was to help, as he earned £6.7m move to league rivals AZ.
Before he moved to La Liga side Real Betis this summer, Parrott had become so hot – scoring 51 goals in 97 games in Alkmaar – that West Ham was also after him for signing.
On the international stage, he is good to go, too. November last year, he scored 5 goals in the space of 4 days against Portugal and Hungary – a feat which saw the Irish made it to the World Cup play-offs, which they lost anyways.