my whole mess trying to watch betis vs las palmas free
so yeah, i really wanted to catch that betis game against las palmas tonight. heard it might be decent. but screw that 15 bucks a month streaming service. ain’t happening. figured there had to be some free way, right? everyone talks about it. started digging.
first thing i did? just typed it straight into google: “betis las palmas watch free”. expected some gold mine. got buried under garbage. mostly ads pretending to be links to “free streams”, but nah, all wanted sign-ups or credit cards. total dead end. scrolled like 3 pages deep. nothing.
decided to shift gears. remembered people sometimes just watch right on the, uh, official sites? you know the ones? but they’re usually blocked. opened my browser and hopped onto one of those big “sports” sites. sure enough, saw a banner about the match. clicked the video player link. spinning wheel. nothing. geo-blocked, probably.
alright, time for the old tricks. you know how browsers can kinda… pretend to be somewhere else? yeah, that. enabled that setting. refreshed the page. bam. the spinning wheel vanished. saw the actual live stream! picture was kinda blocky, audio sounded like they were underwater. but hey. it was working! game was on.
worked okay for the first half. then things went sideways. stream just froze. stuck on some guy scratching his head forever. annoying.
- refreshed like a maniac. no luck.
- tried a different official site link someone had mentioned.
- got another stream up, but this one kept spamming chat overlays and pop-under ads that made my laptop groan.
finally found a third site with a super barebones player. minimal garbage. picture was still pretty bad quality, but at least it didn’t freeze every minute. stuck with that one till the end. saw betis grab the late winner.
in the end, watched the whole thing without paying? yep. was it smooth? heck no. was it annoying dealing with the lag and the ad crap? absolutely. would i do it again? probably. it’s free. but man, it’s a hassle.
if you try this, just know:
- you gotta mess with browser settings.
- be ready to hunt through multiple sites.
- quality sucks, expect delays.
- and seriously, get an ad blocker. saves your sanity.
that’s my totally not official, kinda jury-rigged, definitely messy guide. it worked. barely.