Match report | Man Utd Women v Real Betis in Marbella | 16 August 2025
FIRST HALF
The Reds were ahead inside the first minute when Sandberg received the ball from Lisa Naalsund inside the penalty area and turned to fire into the top-right corner on her left foot, before Bizet made it 2-0 after four minutes, taking down a crossfield pass from Malard, checking inside onto her own left foot and curling the ball over the goalkeeper to scoring effect.
While gaining more valuable pre-season minutes, Skinner’s side were showing quality in abundance early on and had a third goal before the 20-minute mark, after Malard intercepted the ball off the Betis backline before driving towards goal and working an angle to coolly slot past the keeper, one-on-one.
Dominating possession and pressing our opponents high up the pitch, United were enjoying the outing in Marbella which we led 7-0 at half-time. Malard – back from representing France at the Euros – was the first of three Reds to complete a first-half brace by netting a super solo effort that involved tricking her way past multiple Betis defenders, before Bizet was next, bagging her second when converting on the rebound after Terland had been denied.
Terland then followed with a quickfire double of her own on the stroke of the break. Bizet was the provider for the first, whipping a free-kick in from the left that her Norwegian compatriot controlled perfectly before finishing into the bottom corner, prior to new signing Julia Zigiotti Olme teeing up the second after winning possession with a tackle that diverted the ball to Teri, who smashed home emphatically.
