Íñigo Eguaras appeared today in the press room of the Estadio de Juegos Mediterráneos, three days before Almería hosts a Mirandés for whom he spent two years. Specifically, the midfielder born in Ansoáin went through Anduva between 2015 and 2017, playing 73 games with the red shirt, before joining Zaragoza, where he was until last January. “I spent two very nice years there, I have great memories because I came from a complicated situation and they bet on me, it’s appreciated. I made many acquaintances and I keep in touch. Playing against them will always be special. I was lucky when I was there to have a coach who proposed a lot with the ball and we played a very attractive game. We were delighted. Anduva and Mirandés always have the ideology of being physical and fighting for each ball and that’s where I learned to do itbut I have always identified myself as not being so brave and having more of the ball”, explains the midfielder, fully integrated into the southeast of the peninsula. “At first it was hard for me because it was five years in Zaragoza, where I had made the city and the people. She is close to home and had it all. The first week it was hard for me to adapt, but in the locker room they welcomed me well and since I have the house everything flows better and you know the city better. The companions help to fit me “, he comments about it.
The ‘4’ Atletico believes that the key against Mirandés lies in good tactical positioning to circulate the ball. “They are going to let us carry the weight of the game, they will expect us to make mistakes and go on the counterattack. The key will be to be organized, to be effective, to have control and to flow, letting ourselves be carried away by sensations. We have several options to carry the weight of the game, with the people at the top who are fast and go well into the spaces we can afford to withdraw and go on the counterattack. There are also people with quality to carry the weight of the game, we dominate both registers”, he affirms, while highlighting the defensive work carried out at La Rosaleda. It was fantastic, they hardly created any danger for us. ahead it is very difficult for them to come back. In these last 15 games, the game may not be the most beautiful or effective, but offensively we have to keep putting ourselves ahead”Explain.
“In this category you cannot risk thinking that you have already won the game before playing. The less those below remain, the more points they add and we must be focused, trusting in the work and getting the game forward, “he continues, far from confident against a Mirandés team in which Etxebarría debuts. “I remember when I was little going to San Mamés and seeing him play, he was a reference, an idol for many. We do not know with what tactics they will have. We have to focus on what’s ours, playing a serious game. We finished the day and we will know the results, it is not to put pressure on us, but by winning we will take an important step. Individually they are very young players with talent. We have to be very alert because they can surprise us at any moment by having a lot of legs and strength”, he comments about his next rival.
Eguaras is ‘wet’ about direct rivals, recognizing that the important thing is direct promotion and not leadership. “Do I prefer that Eibar win or those that come behind? That we win Eibar and Almería because direct promotion matters and it doesn’t matter as first or second. The more points we get from those behind, much better”, says the midfielder, who has not yet been released as a starter; him participating, yes, in 30 minutes coming off the bench in three games. At 29 years old (he will turn 30 next month), he acknowledges that he has matured in front of the microphones. “Seven or eight years ago I did not have much experience in press conferences, it has always been difficult for me to get in front of a camera, now I take it more naturally with the passage of time. It is a bit curious, I have always said that I prefer to get in front of x people to do a press conference, although it falls within our work. We have to give interviews and the experience makes it more natural for you, “he concludes.