Garitano He made no secret of his displeasure after falling to Sevilla at San Mamés on Thursday. But the wheel of football in this vertiginous League final turns endlessly. Another game is coming. The lions travel to Valencia to face Levante. And with more obligation to win if they want to maintain their European aspirations. Athletic practically needs to make full against the granotas, Leganés and Granada.
The coach of the rojiblancos comments, taking a last look at the mess before those of Lopetegui that “all the coaches get angry when we lose, I don't know any who are happy. But we have to prepare the next one and we are there. A few hours have passed but we have another important game, it is the last week and we have to give everything. ”
The schedule for the Bilbao squad has not been easy. With a great repoker, Atlético, Barça, Valencia, Real Madrid and Seville. With a good image, but with four points added to fifteen possible in those duels. “They were very difficult and we have all been in the game from start to finish. We beat Valencia, with Atlético we tied … We lost the others by one goal and being very involved and with options to get a good result. Logically, when you play against the greats, the team has that difficulty against those squads. Our team has stood up in every game, but that is not enough, we have done things well, but it does not give you, you need more, “he explains.
After falling with the Hispanics, Athletic is badly needed in that European fight. With the nine of nine as a goal in the three remaining days. “Our plenary is tomorrow. If we win three games, we will have options. Although you must win one first, tomorrow's. And then prepare the following. Making accounts does not work, we are involved in the fight and with options. If we win we will be there until the end. You have to play a good game and win ”, highlights the Biscayan coach.
Continuing with that argument, he insists that “those nine-point accounts … What we have been doing for a long time we know that they are not worth, that it is only worth winning. Those accounts of the teams below if we win the three we go out when they have not won three in the whole year … To win three you have to win the first, it is what gets you, neither accounts nor anything. If we win, we get closer, and if we lose, we move away. The accounts are pretty straightforward. ”
Yesterday, Granada assaulted Anoeta (2-3). It lowered the shares of Real, but raised those of the Nasrid group. How did you feel about that result? “Nothing, for the other results … In the end, it depends more on what we do, we need to win and not look so much at what happens in other fields. If they favor you, it's fine as long as you win. I do not entertain myself with others, I am more concerned about ours “, ditch Garitano.
Levante will propose a very different type of game on the board, for example, the last one with Sevilla. The Athletic coach is clear about the script followed by those of Paco lopez. “It is not a physical match, it is not a physical rival, the opposite. It has a lot of quality, with footballers who play inside and with the players who even move inside. There will be the key. They are technical footballers, with good feet, with a good hit, they have four fast forwards and with a goal. They are a more offensive and happy team, they play well ”, he analyzes.
Although the Athletic coach will try to exploit the weaknesses of the granotas. “They have more problems behind because of the way they play, they concede goals. They are capable of the best, they have already demonstrated it by beating the great when they have the day. They associate well. But they have not had regularity, they make good games and others not so much. You have to see what version they give. We must be careful so that they do not play comfortably and score a goal away from home. You have to get up there and give a feeling of danger, as with Valencia, play a good game and try to get all three points, “he says Garitano.