At the end of July 2023, Barcelona announced that Chadi Riad would be on loan to Real Betis. Over the course of the season, the defender has become a footballer with minutes in the lineups of the team coached by Manuel Pellegrini. And now, with less than a month left until the end of the championship, the Moroccan footballer has been asked about his future. «I think about Betis, about the five finals we have left. Leave the team at the top of the standings and that’s it. If I’m honest I have no idea. My representatives are handling this and I’ll see. At the moment, as I said before, I’m still thinking about Betis. The truth is that I am very comfortable here but I wouldn’t know what to tell you, honestly. Many things can change, but I am very comfortable here. I have not spoken with Xavi,” commented Chadi Riad at the presentation ceremony of the Forever Green matches.
The Betic defender has admitted to being “very happy. I didn’t expect that in my first year as a professional I would have this information, but I owe it to my teammates. Thanks to them I have had the confidence to move forward, to improve.” And when asked about the Betic coach, Manuel Pellegrini, he said “it means a lot, he is a coach with a lot of experience. From the beginning he has been with me, trusting me, I thank him very much.
The last five days of the championship arrive with the Betic team immersed in the fight to be in continental competition next season. “Of course it is a difficult calendar since all the teams have a level, but we have been preparing for this all year, to qualify we depend on ourselves and we are going for it,” considers Chadi, who also recalled the fact that “the The team has been qualifying for Europe for years and we expect nothing less. “We seek to continue there, continue in Europe.”
After the derby
Betis’ next game will be away against Osasuna. Just a week after the derby with Sevilla that ended in a draw (1-1). «The team is good. It is true that we were able to get the three points. We played very well, we were clear about what we had to do but we didn’t have a good finish. We didn’t know how to take advantage of the opportunities well and ended up tying the game. It is already forgotten and we are thinking about the five finals that we have left,” commented Chadi Riad, who was also asked about one of the controversial actions of the derby, the penalty that was finally not awarded against Isco in the second half. «Let’s see, if it hits him in the face then I would say yes but the referees know better, they are the ones who decide and that’s it. If he has said that it is not a penalty, it is not a penalty.
Asked about the absence of players in the attacking zone such as Bakambu, Chimy Ávila and Isco, the defender believes that “we are losing high-quality players but we have plenty of them, who have a great level. The truth is that we are going with confidence to take the three points.” The defender has also referred to one of the Betis footballers who had minutes in the final stretch of Sunday’s derby, Abde: «he is handling it very well, he is a great player. The technique, the quality, he is also very strong mentally and he is working one hundred percent to return to the level he had last year,” thinks Chadi, who has also spoken about Guido Rodríguez: “He is a great player and would hit with all teams but I have nothing to do with this. It is Guido who decides his future and that’s it. We’ll see next year what he does. He has not asked me about Barcelona.
2024-05-02 12:58:59
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