JOni Montiel is one of the players to keep in mind in the last game of the playoffs to First. Essential for Nafti, important for Miñambres and key for Callejathe midfielder is one of the designated men to be fundamental in the Ciutat party, after being the most decisive in Mendizorroza.
His game and his left foot can be lethal for the interests of Alavés, his rival in search of the First Division. He is with the up arrow and this does not go unnoticed by anyone.
It is the dream match for a footballer, with 25,000 Levantine fans supporting us. We are going to leave everything to give them the long-awaited promotion
Despite his 24 years, Joni Montiel is giving that posein addition to his quality and goals, to the game of the granotas. Its incidence, with and without the ball, is decisive. With him in the green, Levante never loses verticality, a key feature for Valencians. And he is aware of it.
“It’s the dream game for a footballer, with 25,000 Levantinistas supporting us. We are going to give ourselves everything to give them the long-awaited promotion”. Words from a Montiel who makes it clear: “We are going to win as we have done throughout the season”.
We are going to win as we have done throughout the season. It’s the game we’ve been fighting for all season
He has clear ideas: “I expect a competitive Alavés and we must try to improve a little with the ball, which is how we can hurt them, and try to win by whatever means possible”. He doesn’t forget it and so he repeats in the locker room that tomorrow’s game “It’s the one we’ve been fighting for all season“.
A footballer who, little by little, gained stripes in a team where many look at him with admiration. The maturity of the rayista child is total and, in difficult moments, it is when he shows it the most.
Joni Montiel fights for the ball with Pepe in his First Division debut: Madrid-Rayo.
He debuted at the age of 17 at the Bernabéu
Day 16 in First Division. 20-12-2015. A date that Joni Montiel will not forget. He Jemez Lightning paid a visit to Madrid. At the end of the 90’s, the marker of the Bernabéu reflected a 10-2.
A defeat that hurt the Vallecanos, but they took a positive note from it: Joni Montiel’s debut (73′) with the La Franja first team. He replaced Zé Castro and took his left for a walk in two shots.
The next day, in his neighborhood, The holeand in front of your favorite wall, where the sign “forbidden to play football“-on top of a goal painted with chalk-is a relic, Joni told MARCA:”This is nothing. You have to keep working… Well, I still don’t have any left! We don’t know what the future holds for me“. Well, on Saturday, perhaps, the game of his life.
