Erika: “It has been four tough and difficult months”

Erika
Vazquez is back. The Athletic forward has been training with the rojiblanco team for a week after being absent for four months due to two consecutive injuries. On December 13 of last year, in the away game against Sporting de Huelva, he suffered a sprain to the external lateral ligament of his right knee, which took longer to recover than expected.

When he was about to rejoin the group, he suffered a new soleus injury. Now it is ready. At the moment, he is picking up the rhythm of training for when Iraia
Iturregi want to have their services. He is one game away from reaching the historical figure of 400 matches as rojiblanca, something that only his coach (402) and Eli
Ibarra (412).

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“I really wanted to go back to the team. I'm very happy. I have been training with the team for a week, getting sensations because it has been four tough, difficult months. The important thing is to get feelings, that in each training I feel better and be able to help from within ”, said the forward to the website of the Ibaigane club. “It had never happened to me to have two consecutive injuries and the truth is that it has been hard,” he reiterated.

The team has regained the pulse of the competition with three victories, one draw and one defeat in the last five league games. The rojiblancas are now ninth with 28 points, 7 from the relegation places. It rains less. “We came from a very negative dynamic, now the team is doing well, we do things much better and Sunday to Sunday that confidence helps a lot,” said the Navarrese.

After the competitive break last weekend due to the national team's commitments, the group of Iturregi visit Eibar in Unbe this Saturday from eleven in the morning. “In the League, they are a difficult opponent, in a field that makes it even more complicated. We are going to what we have to go, during the week we are preparing the game very well. You have to be very focused, at 120% because we already know what they are capable of. Nor do they have a very positive dynamic. We have to be ourselves, “he concluded. Erika, who is the top scorer in the club's history with 261 goals to her credit.