“From grandparents to grandchildren, from parents to children, a passion called Betis”. The phrase popularized by the late Sevillian journalist Manuel Ramírez Fernández de Córdoba fits perfectly with the figure of Juan Miranda, the unexpected hero in this Saturday’s final at La Cartujawhere the footballer trained at the Betis quarry, turned male in La Masia and tanned in Germany (Schalke), is he scored the decisive goal in the penalty shootout.
On the eve of the grand final, both Miranda and her father, Juan Jesús, remembered where she inherited Betic DNA, how the one in 2005, won by Real Betis against Osasuna with a goal from Dani, also a youth squad player, was seen by two in Vicente Calderón, when the U21 international is now almost five years old.. Before becoming a select football player, Miranda was a regular Betis player, one of those who usually stands at Gol Sur stands and leaves her throat at every game.
More than a year ago, Athletic thwarted Real Betis ’progress to the Cup semi-finals on penalties, after Raúl García forced extra time in a tie on Betis’ track in the 93rd minute. Unai stopped Simón the launch of Canales and Juanmi and the image of Miranda crying comforted by Joaquín went viral at the time. In 2019, when he was playing on loan from Barça to Schalke, he was at the Mestalla stand with his friends from the town (Olivares) cheering Betis, who that day lost in the semi-final by a goal that started by winning 2 -0 in Going.
Destiny, as happened to Dani in 2005, has a wink destined for him. The final penalty of the shootout went to him. And a heavyweight like Claudio Bravo asked to throw one. Miranda, who hit the cinema with her left foot, his soul struck him and exploded with joy half of La Cartuja, on whose lawn he knelt down and burst into tears again. This time of joy, because he had just become champion in the Betis of the Copa del Rey. The dream of a Betic like him. Joaquín, who had also comforted him last year, has now climbed the stairs to receive the trophy from the King.
Source: La Verdad
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