Bilbao Athletic faces a real final this Sunday in Extremadura. The cubs face Burgos in a life or death duel with the need to win in regulation time or in extra time. There will be no penalty shoot-out, since the draw benefits the Castilians as the first in their group in the regular league.
“It is a well deserved award. This team has given a very high level throughout the season. We have played very good games, we are not going to stop here, we want to move up, “he said. Joseba
Etxeberria three days before the most important appointment of the 2020-21 academic year.
We are an attack team, with a very offensive mentality always assuming what that can harm
And they want to do it with the hallmarks that have distinguished them throughout the entire campaign. The 'Gallo' knows well what his players feel as a great footballer who has been throughout his career. “The fact of having been a footballer helps you because you can know what they can feel, but that does not guarantee you to be a good coach. The message we try to instill in the players is that we have to be more Bilbao Athletic than ever. We are an attack team, with a very offensive mentality, always assuming what that can harm. We have to look at the rival goal, try to be vertical and trust our game. We have been doing it all year, the level that the team has given is spectacular. We want the prize of winning and moving up. We are going to go for Burgos, look for their goal, with that mentality that we have had from the beginning of the season to the end ”, added the coach.
Among soccer players affected by Covid, some with gastroenteritis and injuries, the rojiblanco subsidiary suffered significant casualties in the final stretch of the second phase of the League, but Etxeberria He has already recovered players for the match that beat Celta B. “We arrived well. It is true that the casualties made us quite unbalanced in the last days of phase 2, but we already recovered troops for the semifinal. Now we are better. We have players who can make a difference, confidence is absolute. We want the players to arrive with that confidence to dare to do everything. We are prepared for everything ”, said the one from Elgoibar.
Burgos is a team with capital letters, very solid and orderly
Obviously, Burgos also wants to move up. The team led by Julian
Calero He has only conceded 15 goals against in the entire season. It will be a difficult rival to sink your teeth into. “It is a team that we have studied very well, during the season I have seen them quite a few games. It is a team with capital letters, very solid and orderly, with a lot of experience and quality players. This is allowing them to do the season they are doing. They have many arguments, but if we are at our best level we can beat anyone ”, highlighted the coach.
What can be the key? “He is very solid defensively, he defends very well in the areas and they have footballers who can win a game on their own. It will require us to give our best version, but this team has shown the level it has against very good rivals. You have to be very decisive in the areas, in your own and in that of the rival. We will try to be a balanced team, we are also dangerous ”.