MADRID, 15 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Osasuna coach, Jagoba Arrasate, assured that this Saturday’s match against Real Madrid “is the most special of the year at El Sadar”, and believes that it is “time” that they can break their bad streak against a team Real Madrid fan who is concerned about “everything” and who should not be given “facilities”.
“It is the most special game of the year at home, I’m not saying it, the history of Osasuna says it and we have the hope of playing a great game and with the help of our people trying to beat the best team in the League,” said Jagoba. Get swept up this Friday in the run-up to the match against Real Madrid at El Sadar.
The Madrid team is a team that they have not beaten since 2011, but the ‘rojillo’ coach admitted that the statistics “are worth breaking”, although that “does not mean that it is easy to beat them”. “We are going to try, but above all the issue of efficiency is going to be key, because in these games to have options you have to be very effective and make an uncomfortable game for the rival,” he said.
The one from Berriatúa confirmed that the meringues can beat you in many ways. “Dominating yourself, in transitions, with the ball stopped, and then defensively it is a very strong block, we are talking about a great team. Everything worries me or concerns me,” he said.
“We need to play a great game and with the help of our fans, which we always have and on days like this even more. There will be moments that we will have to suffer and the encouragement of the fans is going to be key. I know that the fans are with I really want to, not to go to El Sadar, but to beat Real Madrid, it’s time,” he noted.
“If we don’t make things easy, we make few mistakes and they are uncomfortable, I understand that they will have fewer scoring chances, because if there is one thing they have, it is effectiveness. In the end, if you make things easy they won’t forgive you, that is one of the keys. What we do Tomorrow will go down in history, for the good and the bad,” he said.
Regarding a possible revenge for the last Copa de Rey final, Arrasate confirmed that a match like this “has no possible revenge in the League.” “We really want to play a good game and beat what is the best team in the League. I understand that the fans see it that way too and we are going to try,” he said.
“At Christmas we got tired of saying that we had to do responsible management, and that’s what we did. We have a squad right now that is equally short of first team players, but we have Promesas who is helping us and of course I wouldn’t like to have an injury Aimar and having David García, Kike (Barja) and Rubén Peña, but tomorrow’s eleven is going to be competitive and the changes are going to come in with the idea of helping the team as well,” he noted.
For this reason, the Basque has included in the call the Promesas player Asier Osambela, “a shy, honest, honorable boy, a pro Osasunista.” “We have seen him there in a thousand fields. His father also has that feeling and in that aspect as a person he is a 10,” he remarked, confirming that the central Catena could not “train” and that the loss of Aimar Oroz is “important “.
Finally, asked about his renewal, which is still up in the air, Arrasate stressed that the only thing they think about now is Real Madrid. “The other thing, we’ll see how it ends. March is progressing, but there is still a long way to go,” concluded the Osasunista coach.