Marcelino
Garcia Toral could hardly contain the emotion after conquering this Sunday in the La Cartuja Stadium in Seville the Spain Supercup before him Barça (2-3). The technician of Athletic, who has only been in office for two weeks after the dismissal of Gaizka GaritanoHe stressed with teary eyes before the cameras of #Vamos that “it is a major merit of the players. Last year, with their work, they deserved to be here and now they have been champions after winning at Real Madrid in the semifinals and at Barça in the end”.
Marcelino also remembered some players who are no longer in the Bilbao team. “I would like to remember Aduriz, San José, Beñat …and of all the players who were here last season. And of course not from the previous coaching staff, to which an important part of this trophy belongs ”, he stated in reference to Garitano.
The Asturian, a great motivator and strategist, commented that “We arrived in Seville with all the enthusiasm and humility in the world. These players are sponges, they do everything that is proposed to them and they try hard. They fight, they work and we are very proud of them ”, he said very happily. Marcelino praised the “great goal of Williams after a beautiful play and a definition impossible to improve. In the global count, Barça did not deserve to get ahead on the scoreboard, since we had good chances, but in these games one centimeter tilts the balance in favor or against ”, he added. The lions coach pointed out that “the Barça he scored with few opportunities and the extension was a give and take ”.
His second title
Marcelino, who won the 2019 cup final to the Catalans and now the Spain Supercup, also against the same rival, recalled that “I don't know how many semifinals I had to play, seven or eight, and in the last two finals the squads of the Valencia and from Athletic He has made us champions twice, ”he said, unable to suppress his tremendous joy at the title won in The Cartuja of Seville against Barça, the team with the most titles in this tournament (13).