Four former soccer players of the Real society They militate in Betis. The Chilean goalkeeper Claudio Bravo, who will not be able to travel to Anoeta due to injury, Sergio Canales, Juanmi Jimenez Y William Joseph. The last three live days of wine and roses in Heliopolis after having left San Sebastián without pain or glory, some of them with much more than the first.
Canals, Juanmi and William Jose represent much of the green and white danger for Real in these Cup quarterfinals. The Santander, recently renewed until 2026, is already one of the Betis captains and the spiritual leaderhe inside the country. A midfielder who organizes, creates and resolves many matches, and who at Betis aspires to play the World Cup in Qatar with the Spanish National Team. Nothing less than six goals and eight assists accumulates Canales in the 29 games where he has performed this campaign. He arrived free from Donosti, in 2018.
A couple of years later, this time in exchange for some 8 million euros, Juanmi Jimenez He would go from Anoeta to Villamarín. After two difficult seasons, marked by a complicated injury that required surgery, Juanmi explode this season at almost 29 years old. His 12 league goals make him one of the championship top scorers and has also scored two goals in the Cup.
William Joseph He has been at Betis on loan since August, but with a purchase agreement at the end of the season. The Brazilian striker’s days at Real Sociedad had come to an end for all parties and in Villamarin with permission from injuries, is returning to a good level. He has marked seven goals and given five assists in the 23 duels in which he has participated. We will have to see how a grandstand, the Reale Arena, receives him this Thursday. who has lived with him a love-hate relationship.
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