MADRID, 23 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Endesa League coach Ibon Navarro congratulated his team for a “complete game” in beating Real Madrid this Sunday in the Super Cup final, “an important tournament for those who win it,” and he hoped that the Malaga team will continue to grow as an important team that “wins when it has to win.”
“I would like to congratulate the team for winning the match ten times. We played a complete game. They really wanted it and they found strength where there was none. Many people have contributed, many people have contributed things as always,” he said at a press conference at the Palacio de los Deportes in Murcia, praising all his players after winning the club’s first Super Cup.
Navarro celebrated the run of form for Unicaja, which won the Intercontinental Cup last week, but wanted to keep “his feet on the ground.” “You have to do things very well to beat Real Madrid. The objective is that when the team has to win, it wins, knowing that the others are also playing. It’s the next step. We took an important step in the Champions League but then came the semi-final of the League,” he recalled.
“We have to put it into context. The Super Cup is an important tournament for the winner, for the loser, it’s a pre-season tournament. I said it, that we were going to arrive with one more competitive point than the others, because the preparation was different because of the Intercontinental. We will pay for it on a physical level, but people should enjoy it, but with their feet on the ground. Cycles end, we have to try to make this one last as long as possible,” he added.