It can be said about him that it is the man who starts the comebacks of Betis, because except for the duel in Leganés, he has been present in the last two games in which the Betic team has turned the scoreboard to finish … winning those games. We talk about Johnny Cardoso, who can be living his best professional moment in this season after his arrival in the January 2024 market. But that is not assured only because of the goals he has scored, but for his participation in the team and the important performances he is doing with the shirt that looks like the thirteen bars shield.
For starting, the American international, for its ease to attack the opposite area since its position in the double pivot of the center of the field, has been the footballer in charge of putting the momentary draw on the score on the duels in front of Real Madrid and Sevilla. Against the whites, after Brahim soon advanced the Ancelotti team, a head of his head at the exit of a corner kick thrown out by Isco to the heart of the Madrid area then supposed the 1-1 that would end up tracing the Malaga from the penalty spot. While before the eternal rival, in the last game, the player arrived from the International of Porto Alegre, marked volley in center of Sabaly after the Movement of Senegalese within the rival area.
In addition, there is the circumstance that every time Cardoso has scored a goal with the Betic T -shirt, his team has won. This season also happened in front of the Hjk Helsinki at the match of the sixth and last day of the league phase of the Conference League. And last campaign he premiered as a Verdiblanco scorer in 3 to 1 against Athletic Bilbao, being the author of the third and final of the game. So it also has that quality of ‘Talismán’.
But what confirms the moment of the Betic ‘4’ is the great performance he is offering in this campaign, his first complete as a Betic footballer. The hierarchy that Denville’s is showing in the center of the field under Pellegrini’s orders is important. It is a footballer who not only applies to defensive tasks, in which he prints enough intensity when stealing the ball, but also clearly intervenes in attack actions. And in the derby he demonstrated again. Concentrated at all times, he starred in defensive actions that the Betic fans pulled him and he also celebrated on the field, and was the most prominent Betic footballer during the match against Sevilla, seconded by the magic of Isco or some great Antony, Jesús Rodríguez or Cucho Hernández.
We are talking about the fourth player of the Betic Template with more accumulated minutes in what is played for the season. The American international accumulates 2,463 minutes. It is behind another midfielder, Sergi Altimira (2,590), and two centrals, Natan (2,760) and Diego Llorente, who is the member of the squad that has participated most: 3,243 minutes.
The market, attentive
Its performance is such that Betis announced its renewal until 2030 once the winter market was over, at the beginning of February, a gesture that responded, as this newspaper published, to the pact that the club reached with the player based on his participation in the team and his growing price in the market, which barely has an impact on his future beyond that the player sees his salary slightly. Nor has its termination of the termination clause, set when signed a little over a year to 80 million euros, has been seen after this better contract. Nor has the entrance to Tottenham been modified by the signing of the Celso and that affected Cardoso. The London club maintains a preferential right for the footballer for 25 million euros between the end of June and early July. If this date passes and this option is not activated, Betis can sell it freely to another club.
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