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It cannot be denied that crowning a culminating moment of intimacy between a couple shouting 'musho Betis', evoking the Cortaza 'evohé', has a lot of soccer passion and little of sexuality.

It should be reserved for fans of the Verdiblanco club and almost always to prolong any victory beyond the soccer field in the bedroom.

The curious thing is when it is used in an American film with almost no impact on the development of the story and that will only amuse Spanish sports fans, the rest of the public may be left with a face that does not understand anything, despite the extensive and rare relationship of Betis with the cinema.

In the movie 'The bubble', released a few days ago on Netflix, one of those so-called 'cast' characters appears, unrelated to Will Smith, who represents a Betis player concentrated with his team preparing a match in a luxurious castle converted into a hotel on the outskirts of London.

As if this situation weren't altogether surreal, the soccer player, played by actor Raphael Acloque, has a tangential and carnal relationship with one of the main characters, Karen Gillan.

However, the reference to the Verdiblanco team in an American film is surprising, so much so that the first thing our player does when he appears on the scene and meets the girl is to clarify that he plays "European soccer" and not the United States, which would have more similarity with our rugby.

The new Netflix comedy, directed by Judd Apatow, is nothing more than an attempt to satire the world of cinema and big productions with the story of a shoot during the time of confinement and the difficulties with relationships, economic and social, due to the appearance of covid.

'The bubble' narrates, with unjustifiable excesses, the relationship of the actors who must work on the film, together with the technical team, their advisers and the studio staff who must ensure that the production goes ahead no matter what the cost.

For the Spanish public (and soccer fans) it also has a nod to Betis.

Precisely, how could it be otherwise, social networks have exploited this 'cameo' of the Verdiblanco club in a Netflix movie.

They have even baptized these references as 'Betisverse' in a parody of the Maverlian multiverse.

The Sevillian team has a long and strange relationship with the world of cinema, and not only with the Spanish, more understandable for narrating close situations such as "Los alegríaes rasbones" with Pepe Da Rosa, 'Pleno al 15', 'Cachito', with Sancho Gracia, 'Los liantes', with another sexual reference from Andrés Pajares to Betis or 'You are my hero' which tells the story of a teenager from the late 70s, among others.

There are also references in Spanish cinema successes of recent decades such as Dani Rovira's harangue and his "I am the 14430 member of Real Betis Balompié" with "three photos of Gordillo, two dedicated and one signed" in 'Ocho Apellidos Vascos'.

But what is most striking is Betis's tendency to sneak into American productions.

The one that attracts the most attention is 'Troll' from 1986 in which one of the protagonists spends the entire film wearing a Betis cap that they say someone from the technical team left him.

It is a fantastic film starring when the Potter family moves to live in a house in San Francisco.

And it is curious since the main character is called Harry Potter, like the wizard, and in a film of the saga of the character created by JK Rowling 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' from 2005, a figure is also briefly seen with the Betis shirt when the protagonists go to the Quidditch World Cup final.

A magical coincidence.

Gustavo with the BetisMARCA shirt

Also from behind and quickly appears an extra with a Betis tracksuit in the Irish film 'Once', from 207, set in Dublin.

But what surely reached the Verdiblancos hearts was when in 2012 Gustavo the frog, the most talkative reporter, confessed that he was from Betis during the promotion in Spain, together with the pig Peggy, of a film of 'The Muppets'.

He even came to show a team shirt that has green on his kit, the same color as his skin.

It seems that the green and white connection goes beyond Villamarín and crosses the screen, nor is it like a game to find, hidden, references to Betis in movies and series, which also exist.

But that will be seen in the sequel.

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