Iñigo Martínez is aware of the situation that Athletic is going through. Seven consecutive days without winning make the calmest nervous. The rojiblanco center-back appeals to work, perseverance and tranquility to show his confidence in the team’s reaction.
“We are having a hard time getting on a good streak. When you watch seven games without winning, you don’t like it. You see that others advance and you are staying. You have to hit the table and make San Mamés a fort. Against Sevilla we have to play a good game and win, ”proclaims the central defender.
The ondarrutarra, despite the current complicated situation, insists on his idea of a team and advocates both for Marcelino and for his assistants and colleagues. “There is a good group, a great coach and an unbeatable coaching staff,” he said when expressing his confidence in the team’s reaction.
The goal is becoming a real headache for Athletic and its environment. Marcelino considers that the current runrún around the limited capacity of the Bilbao team is beginning to weigh on the spirit of the group. Iñigo Martínez also has his opinion in this regard.
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“It is not the question whether or not you get that runrún. We are aware that it is difficult for us and that we are not able to mark what we have. He does not want to enter. It is not necessary that they tell us that in the face of the goal we are not fine “, he maintains.
The Athletic international center-back clarifies, despite everything, that “we have full confidence in those above. When they mark us it is everyone’s fault and when we do not mark too. We have great forwards who have given us a lot and will continue to give us. Better times will come. When we win a game, everything will look different ”.
Everything has a remedy
Iñigo Martínez openly maintains that Athletic’s problem in front of goal has a remedy. “Each one really knows what he can give and has maximum responsibility for what he must do. My thing is to defend and I try to defend 100 or 200% and contribute in attack. We all have the responsibility. We are not doing well in front of goal and we have to keep working. The best way to change this is by insisting because we generate occasions. This is everyone’s business. Here we win, we draw and we all lose ”.
The reaction of the lions happens first to win the three points tomorrow against Sevilla in San Mamés. The lions are aware of the difficulty of the challenge. Also that the European train escapes them little by little.
“It is clear what the team must do, being aware of the great team that we measure ourselves against and that it will come for all. We being well we can compete against anyone. We already have to win games in San Mamés, in any case, because this is what makes us strong. It is time for the game to fall in our favor and we can win ”.
Regarding how the spirits are in the Athletic environment, the ondarrutarra assures that “the team is calm, with desire and confidence. Knowing that there are things to improve and that there are things to stop doing. Maximum demand each one with himself. This is collective. Neither do I lose alone, nor do I lose only the team. Moment to be united, to reach out. The fans trust us and that helps more ”.
Back with the VAR
Iñigo Martínez, on the other hand, has his own debate around VAR; an invention to which he sees negative things, but also positive things: “It hurts those behind us because there are actions in which you go to the limit, actions that in slow motion seem double or triple exaggerated than it has been. The VAR, in any case, contributes more than it takes away. Sometimes it will come up heads and other tails. It is good, yes, for the matter of goals and expulsions ”.
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