Another Copa del Rey triumph followed two years later, but he gradually became less important for Los Che and joined Malaga in 2011.
With Betis liable to meet all requirements for European football again next season, the additional games that would bring for the club would doubtlessly mean ordinary activity for Joaquin next season and make it extreme for the evergreen captain to conclude this moment is the opportunity to leave football.
I am limited by my age, my body, but you can always change something, such as your way of playing.