Great achievements are achieved through work and iron discipline. A veteran experienced in a thousand battles in England knows this well. Adrian San Miguelwho this summer has returned to his Betis not only to become Pellegrini’s goalkeeper in the European competition, the Conference, but also to act as ‘father’, ‘lawyer’ and even ‘bad cop’ in a locker room with a fantastic atmosphere like that of the Betis.
Adrián has said it actively and passively. The youth squad has not come to retire. He wants to fulfill his childhood dream, which is win a title with Betis and for this reason he does not pass a single one to his companions. He is relentless with the rules and is responsible for strictly complying with the fine policy.
In the program ‘Gol a Gol’, Canal Sur Televisionthey gave Adrián a video of his teammate Iker Losada in which the Galician explained how the locker room leader spends his time: «Adrián is our lawyer. “He is our ‘capi’ in the shadows and nothing, I love you very much, you encourage me a lot and keep it up,” Catoira’s man said smiling.
Adrián picked up Iker’s message and nodded in front of the cameras: “Well, more than anything that says it because I have become quite serious with discipline in the locker room, with the issue of fines and such, because that had been left out a bit. I believe that discipline within the locker room is essential. So whoever has a problem with the fines, well, they will have to talk to me, they will have to sit down with me to talk about it. “I didn’t impose the fines, it was something consensual,” explained the goalkeeper.
Adrián is not one of the captains but he has undoubtedly assumed a very relevant role over his teammates given his experience and seniority, virtues that he combines with those of the Betic youth squad. «I have signed for Betis to compete, to take advantage of all the opportunities that the coach gives me and to be demanding. All these seasons that I have been in the Premier League (six at West Ham and five at Liverpool) have instilled in me a demand that I think I have to instill. The club is now very good, it is in a moment of progression, but I think it can still continue to improve to continue advancing step by step,” he added.
Finally, the former Liverpool player recalled the anecdote of how he debuted with Betis more than a decade ago, against the Malaga by Manuel Pellegrini in the 2011-12 season. «Casto committed a penalty and was sent off. Put on gloves and go out. I didn’t even have time to warm up. Joaquín scored on me, but then Isco scored another one on me. It seems like a joke, but that was my debut in the First Division,” he remembers.
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