Athletic or Real Madrid. One of these two teams will win the 2022 Super Cup title tomorrow. The lions defend the trophy won last year and the whites arrive as leaders of LaLiga. Iker Muniain He has appeared before the media to assess this confrontation. The captain has hung the favorite sign on his rival, but even so, he has added that once the ball begins to roll, all these considerations are in the background. “It’s clear that Real Madrid are the clear favourites, but we weren’t favorites last year either. Once the ball rolls, what each team does during the ninety minutes is what tips the scales to one side or the other. It will be a difficult game, both for them and for us. They will also keep in mind that we are a difficult rival”, said the Navarrese from Riyadh.
“Tomorrow is an important day, in which there is a title at stake. We have the opportunity to play a new final, for the players, the club and the fans it is an exciting day. The fans will be very attentive and with us at all times. Despite the kilometers, we always feel them close. Tomorrow it will be the same”, added Athletic’s ’10’, chosen by the Federation through the coach, Luis Enrique, as the best player in Thursday’s semifinal.
“They will also have in mind that we are a difficult rival to beat”
The rojiblanco team has two close precedents against the set of Ancelotti, the two league games played at the end of last year. The victory fell on the Madrid side, but the lions made merits to achieve a better result, especially in the Coliseum de la Castellana. “It is true that we have played two games against Real Madrid in December and we have lost both, but they have been very close and in both we have had options, more at the Bernabéu than at home. We all know each other, today the rival is studied a lot. We hope to be at the level that this event deserves”, he added.
The madridistas are leaders of LaLiga: “Kicking Madrid to the teeth is always difficult, no matter the state of form. The decisive capacity of all its lines is obvious. In the previous edition we were able to eliminate them, it’s quite a challenge to play a final against Madrid, it hadn’t happened for many years”.
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Muniain has highlighted Athletic’s state of form in the last month of 2021 and also now: “The team arrives in a good level of form and with the right mentality. If they want to win the title they will have to do things very well, this year we have put the teams in many complications and those who have won us have been in a tight way. Tomorrow could be a good time to win.”
In what they are not going to win beforehand is in illusion. “In this type of aspect we give a plus above. They have important quality and determination, but in enthusiasm and heart I think we have always been a team that has shown it above all. Tomorrow will not be less. It’s a title, no matter what competition it is, it’s a great event both for them and for us”.
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Are they just as liberated as last year or more responsible for defending the title? “The sensations are similar. Last year we went knowing that we were up against the best rivals and this year it hasn’t turned out any differently”.
The Athletic captain has recognized that perhaps the merengue team has more support at the King Fahd Stadium. “It is logical and normal. Madrid has many more followers around the world, we also have them. We are aware that many people will go with them, but we cannot complain about the treatment we are receiving here. People want to have fun. What we want is to raise the Cup again”, the captain concluded.