Giráldez and Alexia, hungry for the Super Cup before the Clásico

The Women’s Barca plays this Wednesday (7:15 p.m. / Teledeporte, Esport3) the semifinals of the Spain Supercup against him Real Madrid and the technician Jonatan Giráldez and the captain Alexia Putellas previously analyzed the Classic, a game that will not be easy despite the favoritism of the azulgrana.

“We are optimistic by nature. We don’t think about ‘what if it goes wrong…’. Madrid is a team that has a very clear idea since the change of coach. You can see it in all the games we’ve played against them. Tomorrow they will surely try to make things difficult for us, ”he assured. Jonatan Giráldez, who hopes that his players offer a great version to achieve the ticket for the final of the Super Cup.

“All the energy we have is thinking about what we have to do so that tomorrow’s game goes well. In football there are many nuances and things that do not depend on your team or decisions. In the end there is a rival and all the evaluations have to be made a posteriori”, said the coach of the Barça, who remembered that he has the thorn stuck in not having been able to win the Super Cup last course.

“Last season was not round because of the Super Cup. We were superior but we did not win. Winning the Super Cup would be a reward for the season we are doing. We take the league game as a reference, but each game is a different story”, he said. Jonatan Giráldez, which will retrieve Mapi Leon, who aims to start after being discharged, but lost Ana Crnogorcevic due to a soleus injury.

Alexia, motivated after ‘The Best’

After getting ‘The Best’, Alexia Putellas wants to win the Spain Supercup after staying at the gates of the title last year and recognized that the duels against Real Madrid “these are games that all players love to play” and “it’s always special”.

“That defeat hurt us a lot because of how it was, because of how we played, but that’s football. We lost, but the important thing was what the team did after the defeat, which was to win again. We finished the year very well. We don’t want start 2022 as 2021 began,” he said. Alexia, very motivated to give new joy to the Catalans.

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