MADRID: Real Betis continued their impressive push for a European qualification place when in-form forward Ruben Castro created one goal and scored another in a 2-0 win at home to Levante on Sunday.
The victory lifted Betis to fourth on 34 points with half the season played.
Castro set up Costa Rica forward Joel Campbell, on loan from Arsenal, to put Betis ahead in the seventh minute.
The 31-year-old Canary Islander netted his 11th league goal of the campaign just after the hour following a superb piece of close control on the edge of the area.
Betis beat Real Madrid 1-0 at the end of November and Sunday’s win put them within three points of the stuttering champions, who had Kaka sent off and were held to a 0-0 draw at lowly Osasuna on Saturday. (Reuters)
