“The ideal moments do not happen, the moment is what it is and reality must be faced head on. Training Athletic is never a brown. In this dressing room there is also an excellent human group, a group that in the face of adversity will never throw in the towel, a group also with talent ”.
Iraia Iturregi already works as Athletic coach. The first woman in the history of the Bilbao club on the Women's bench replaces the recently dismissed Ángel Villacampa. The 35-year-old technician from Bilbao carried out its first working session today before being officially presented at San Mamés.
“The first thing is to win on Sunday and from there we have two weeks to train and change things. I like to see intense teams, brave with the ball and without the ball and happy. We will look for alternation in the game. The priority is to win and if we can give a show, the better. I want a supportive team ”, Iraia assures by way of presentation.
The Athletic coach, who played 402 official matches with the red-and-white jersey and then served in different functions within the women's organization chart of the Bilbao club, is clear that “tactically between now and Sunday there is little that can be done. The point is to mentally reactivate the team to get to Sunday well. I also want to see all the games played so far because, by taking care of team B so far and not broadcasting them on television, I have not seen many ”.
Iraia is clear that one of the facets to be resolved quickly by Athletic is find himself with victory, something he has not achieved for nine days, adding only three of those last 27 points played. “We have also been four games without scoring, so we have to focus on the offensive side. They don't make us many occasions, on the other hand, but in the few that come to us, they mark us ”.
The new technique of the first team is aware that “the philosophy as a club limits the market, but it also makes us strong. We have to continue influencing the quarry. The departure of important players (Maite Oroz and Damaris) could have hurt us, but we have incorporated high-level people. There is a lot of talent below. The future is promising. “
Iraia also recalled “the B's (their players until now) always I have told them ‘believe in talent’ because there is a lot of oil to extract here. And in the first team it's the same. We have to rely on work, we have a very large work capacity. Now prioritize the Eibar game. The absolute priority is to beat Eibar ”.