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The automatic dancer: Meet Joshua Mahias, the new brake of Betar Jerusalem

He abandoned a bright future in baseball, came to Atletico Madrid at the request of Simeone and stunned with the young Venezuelan team.

But at the age of 24 he has behind him mostly appearances in the third division in Spain and the Corona affair which has gone a bit out of proportion.

15 facts you did not know about Betar's new brake, Joshua Mahias

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Sunday, 22 August 2021, 10:52 Updated: 10:54

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in 2017 G'osoah Mejias was part of the youngest squad with amazing Venezuelan venture to the world championship until the age of 20. After playing 120 minutes against Uruguay in the semifinals, he sat on the bench with a loss 0: 1 England in the title.

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After that world championship, Lagans asked him from the Venezuelan Krabovo and next summer exercised the purchase option she had and paid 450,000 euros for it.

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4 His years in Spain, Mejias wandered the length and breadth of the country. He played for Cartagena, Atletico Madrid B, Gymnastics and last season in Malaga. Precisely the uniform of Legans to which he belongs, he never wore in an official game.

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Atletico Madrid B arrived on loan at the request of Diego Simeone.

Mahias played in the reserve, but trained with the senior team many times and the media in the capital said at the time that Atletico had a purchase option of 2 million euros.

In the end he did not impress enough to stay in the luxury club beyond the loan period.

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Last season he made 21 appearances in the second division in Spain in the Malaga uniform, to which he was loaned from Malagans.

At the same time, he has only 16 minutes of play since the end of March, after becoming a bench player following the 3-0 defeat to Almeria in the 32nd round last season.

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A fast brake that likes to move the ball and not move it away without an address.

Mahias in blue and white (Photo: GettyImages, Quality Sport Images)

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92 appearances of Mahias in Spanish football are divided as follows: 60 games in the third division (including promotion playoffs), 28 games in the second division, 4 games in the cup.

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Mahias was recently offered the Spanish sub-league logo, but she decided he was not the right player for her. And why is it interesting? Finally, the small group that Galician signing Alex Peres, himself a preferred option for Beitar Jerusalem.

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In early 2021 Mejias hit the headlines in Spain after documented celebrates the beginning of the year in gross violation of the guidelines beams. After a nasty crossfire, the young defender apologized Publicly: “This is the hardest letter I have ever written in my life. I made a bad mistake and I apologize to his teammates, family and fans. "

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Mejias is quick thanks to brake its speed will be deposited in the past occasionally right defender. He is a player who always prefer to seek technical delivery option than to keep balls without an address.

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Although Legans did not sign Mahyas to the league and waited all summer until he found a new team, during this time he trained as usual and this is important news for Betar Jerusalem: it gets a player who has made full preparation and is in better shape than most free players on the market.

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The most popular sport in Venezuela is baseball and as a kid jokes in general about a professional career in MLB. Or rather, his father and grandfather dreamed. "I was great, I have a lot more baseball medals and trophies at home than football," he said in an interview.

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. And Mahias really was a very talented baseball player. When he was 17, a San Francisco Giants scout located him and wanted to take him to the U.S. for a special training session of the glorious baseball team. At this point, Mahias decided to give up the bat: “Baseball started to bore me. I realized I much more enjoy playing football. My father cried sadly, but when he saw that I was happy in football, he understood me. "

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He said of himself in an interview:" I like fights, I fight on the field. I love fast and intense football that forces you to give your maximum. Personally, I am a happy person who loves to dance and tries to pass on the joy of my life to others. "

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The history of the numbers on his shirt is long and varied: 17 and 4 in the young teams of Venezuela and in teams he had on his back 2, 14, 6, 5, 27 and 15.

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Mahias is of course Betar Jerusalem's second stopper from Venezuela. He was preceded by Anders Tunes, who ran and kicked Teddy in the 2013/14 season.

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