Lainez: "Andrés Guardado is like a brother to me"

Diego Lainez, Mexican winger for Betis, spoke on the club's official television after having completed 50 official matches as a Verdiblanco player.

The Aztec left the line-ups after suffering the Covid, but before he had played several games in a row for the first time in two years:

"I am a person with great aspirations, I am happy that now things are going better. We

have to continue with that path. , keep working, fighting. At first, maybe they were not like the expectations that were seen from outside, but I have always had confidence in myself, I think that I will never lose it. Taking advantage of opportunities and

working with humility, things they have always come ".

His compatriot and captain Andrés Guardado has helped him a lot: "Of course it is important, for me and

for many Mexicans, we all know what Andrés represents.

Of course he has helped me, not only in football matters, he always tries to help me.

but off the pitch he is always there.

You feel that closeness of having more than one friend,

I consider him more like a brother even though he is older than me

, but he is a very close person ".

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LaLiga Santander

Classification	PTS	PG	PE	PP
5R. Society	Four. Five	12	9	5
6Betis	42	13	3	10
7Villarreal	37	8	13	5

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Upcoming matches
Seville - Betis	Sun-14/03 21:00
Betis - Raise	Fri-19/03 21:00
Elche - Betis	Sun-04/04 17:00

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* Data updated as of March 11, 2021

Lainez believes in his future:

"I came to Spain for that reason, because I know that I am going to do something great.

In my country I have a certain responsibility, I made my debut young but it has never weighed on me, I have always used it as a motivation to get ahead. The country has something special with me because people love me very much, they always express it to me on social networks, everywhere since I was in America, it is something very beautiful that I always connect with people.

Happy that the people of my country love me that way because it is reciprocal. "

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Finally, he spoke about his personal life:

"My brother and my father are in Mexico City, they live together. I am here with my mother, in Seville. It is something a bit funny

, my mother with me, my father with my brother. . We have always lived it as a family, we have always known what we have wanted, they have always been. It is still a bit difficult that my father is not here but I know that he is with my brother and I would obviously like to have my brother closer because I have been with him all my life and we have always tried.

We are very affectionate people, very close, they are a very great motivation for me, they are a fundamental part for me to be firm

in my ideals when there have been difficulties ".