The Cantabrian is concentrated with the team for the Nations League matches
The Betis player reviews this year, apparently complicated by injuries and unsportsmanlike sanctions
The The 2022-2023 season is almost over and the players take stock of the good and bad on a personal and collective level in reference to their team. One of them is Sergio Canales. The Betis player spent last night on the Onda Cero program El transistor and talked about his particular year at the Verdiblanco club, where injuries and unsportsmanlike actions that have cost him the suspension of several games have not allowed him to shine as expected. Specifically, the Cantabrian has signed only six goals and three assists in 42 games adding all the competitions being sent off twice, once with a red card and twice with a double yellow.
One of these unsportsmanlike episodes was with the referee already retired Mateu Lahoz. The Valencian sent off the Cantabrian with a double yellow card last October in a match against Cádiz at Nuevo Mirandilla for reproaching him for not adding more time and for only speaking to him about personal issues. On this, the second captain of Betis explains that he had a very bad time: “It was a difficult situation for me and for him. We did not speak again, we met in a game, but we did not talk about it. Respect has always been there, years ago we changed our shirts“.
Canales is committed to dialogue and respect between players and referees due to the disparity of criteria that may exist in a specific action in the match and ensures that there are several referees who have approached him to support him.
Regarding his season, the Verdiblanco admits that it was hard and long but he is happy with the growth of the team, qualifying for the third consecutive year in the Europa League and he is ambitious for 2023-2024: “We look at what is in our hands, continue in Europe, try to win the Europa League, keep growing and try to make the leap to the Champions League“.
The Cantabrian midfielder is concentrating on the Spanish team and today he and his teammates will travel to The Netherlands, where on Thursday they will face Italy in search of a place in the final that will allow them to fight for their first title in eleven years. About the coach Luis de la Fuente, he thanks him for his confidence: “He has transmitted us a lot of desire, we are with ambition“. Canales seeks his eleventh international cap with ‘La Roja’. In the previous ten he scored a goal.
For the Cantabrian Joaquin He has been a very important player and ensures that any farewell that is made to him will fall short because of how great he has been. The second captain of the Verdiblanco team applauds the reaction of the Benito Villamarin cheering for Daniel Ceballos and Jesus Navas in homage to the player from El Puerto de Santa María, players highly criticized by the Betic fans. The first for the way in which he left the club for Real Madrid and the second for being the captain of Sevilla, the city’s eternal rival.
Finally, Canales has referred to the recent controversy on social networks over the image of Borja Iglesias and Aitor Ruibal, who wore a bag at a wedding and received homophobic comments. “The most important thing is to be yourself. They are beautiful people, one of the best I have come across in the world of football. In this life you have to have respect for others as long as you don’t hurt anyone. It makes me very happy to be their friend and the way of being that they have is very important for the team“.