The Luis del Sol Sports City will present next Saturday (4:30 p.m.) a spectacular atmosphere to host the match at the summit that could be the definitive confirmation of Betis Deportivo as a surprising favorite for promotion in the season of his return to Primera RFEF. And those of Arzu, leaders, They receive second-placed Antequera at home with two points below.
An event with numerous incentives, above all, obviously, for the sporting opportunity, but also for the reunions that will take place at the Heliopolitan venue. Not in vain, in addition to the fact that, as reported ESTADIO, Destiny will face her former team, marks the return to the Betica sports city of Javi Medina as coach of Antequera. The Sevillian coach He joined the coaching staff of Betis Deportivo for three yearsas assistant to Manuel Ruano and Pablo del Pino, when Arzu was second, and, therefore, this match at the top of the table has special connotations for him in every sense.
“It’s a very special game. I’m from Seville and Betis, and it’s always nice to come home and find Betis so high up. I will try to enjoy, but logically I am going for the victory,” explained Javi Medina in the talk held with Sports STADIUMin which he predicts an exciting match between two similar proposals. “It’s going to be a very nice game, with a very good atmosphere and two very similar teams that like to take the initiative. For us it is an opportunity to continue growing and it is a challenge to face the best team in the category,” said the Antequera coach, who expects an even match: “We are both vertical, we play in a happy way, and there will be a lot of dispute for the ball, for spaces. “We already played in preseason and it was very even, with alternating dominance.”
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In this sense, Javi Medina is not surprised to see Betis Deportivo at the top of the table. “I didn’t expect him to be the leader at this point, but in a good way. I know the direction that the team maintains with Arzu, he did very well in the youth team and last year, and, furthermore, Betis is betting very heavily on the quarry. “The club has got the profile of footballers right that it is signing, with talent, physicality and quality, with all the resources to succeed,” said Medina, who sees Betis Deportivo as “one of the best teams in the category” and a candidate for everything if they maintain the level.
“It’s hard to single out someone, because they have everything. The goalkeeper stops a lot. They have two full-backs with a lot of movement and a couple of very strong centre-backs. It has a midfield with a lot of quality. I really like Dani Péreza shame about his long injury, Guirao has been a great success and Mateo Flores is at a great level. And up there it has a lot of gunpowder: Souleymane and Jesús Rodríguez are elite and Marcos Fernández is a very good striker,” said Javi Medina, who, despite everything, faces this match with full confidence in his team, and who at no time hides his Betic feeling or his desire to return to the Verdiblanco club.
“I have always said that Betis is my home. At Antequera I feel very comfortable, very loved, and I don’t know what will happen in the future. “If at some point they show me that they want me there, I would be delighted to return to Betis,” said Javi Medina, very excited about this Saturday’s great game.