“We have had a difficult team, but they were all. A priori we might think that there were some with more difficulty and others with less, but it is a difficult game. Betis in their field is always a difficult opponent ”.
These are the first assessments of Marcelino, made on the Bilbao club's own website, in the face of Athletic's cup match against Betis in the quarterfinals. The clash will be played next week at Villamarín. Everything indicates that it will be on Thursday.
“TOThere, in their field, Betis usually have very good performances and make work very difficult for rivals. We go with enthusiasm and always with that ambition and conviction that we can win and be in the semifinals, ”says the Athletic coach.
Marcelino does not give greater importance, at least a priori, to the fact of having to play the pass to the semifinals away from San Mamés: “If you play at home, you have fewer trips, but it is that the draw comes out like this and that is how we must assume and face it. With the maximum enthusiasm and conviction, to try with a good game and maximum effort to be in the semifinals”.