The United States defender comes to Spanish football from Chelsea
Deportivo Alavés has secured the transfer of defender Matt Miazga, an old acquaintance of Mexico Diego Lainez, After reaching an agreement with Chelsea for the footballer to wear the blue and white shirt during the current season.
The 26-year-old American center-back stands out for his physical presence and his height of 193 centimeters and can play on the axis of defense with both feet.
He has been international with the selection of United States on 22 occasions and reaches Vitoria after passing through Holland, France or Belgium.
Vitesse, FC Nantes, Reading or RSC Anderlecht they have been the last squads in which the new Babazorro defense has been fired that will reinforce the defense of Javi Calleja.
After the departure of Rodrigo Ely, Matt Miazga will be able to team up with Víctor Laguardia, Florian Lejeune, Ximo Navarro, Alberto Rodríguez.
THE RIVAL WITH DIEGO LAINEZ
Diego Lainez and Matt Miazga will revive their rivalry in Laliga. Both the Real Betis midfielder and the new Alava defender will clash once again in the Spanish league, as happened three years ago in a duel between Mexico and the United States, in which they had a quarrel that it transcended to the rivalry between the two countries.
It was in 2018 the first time the two met and where it all started, as the American defender mocked the height of the Mexican striker in a friendly match, in which the selection of the bars and the stars won 1-0 in the tri, which at the time was led by Ricardo Ferretti.
The friendly match was held on September 11, 2018. The collision occurred in the 65th minute, when Miazga and Lainez disputed a ball near the American area. The defender gained possession of the ball to the attacker. The Mexican blew at the center and was the one who detonated the fight.
Miazga, with his 1.93 meters in height, faced Lainez, 1.67. Matt, with his right arm, made the sign that he did not see the Mexican because of his size. Angel Zaldívar was the first to intercede for the then American player, but it was Edson Alvarez who ran to push the opponent and defend Diego, who saw from afar the exchange of words from the players.
This was the only time they both met on the court, as last June, during the CONCACAF Nations League final, Miazga stayed on the bench, while Lainez came on for a change.