MADRID, Jan. 18 (SportsFinding) –
The coach of SD Eibar, José Luis Mendilibar, celebrated the victory of his team over Atlético de Madrid (2-0) in Ipurua, where they knew how to suffer and take advantage of the chances to give a new surprise in a “much more even” League
“The normal thing is that they beat you, but in your house you always have the hope of making a good game and that what happened today happens. In the first half I think we have made a couple of good occasions apart from the goal, then suffer until the last moment, “he said in statements to Movistar Plus, after day 20.
The local team got in soon and then put up with an Atleti who was better in the second half. “We were afraid because inside with Herrera and Thomas they do a lot of damage. In the first half we have covered that well and it has been difficult for them to come into play, they have not reached us too much, but in the second half they have entered more into play. We have had success. to make the second goal to have the ultimate peace of mind, “he said.
“The same comes another team and gets you 0-3, Madrid or Barça or any team of these, Atleti other years has won us well and this year we have won them. It is not simple but they come here knowing that this field It's not easy either. Our job is that they can't play a good game and they haven't made it, “he added.
Mendilibar recalled the tightness of the league and Eibar's normal fight to save the category. “The League is much more evenly matched, the ones above are fine but they don't come out like other years and the ones below squeeze. We have to be where we are, fighting to save the category. We are in the numbers and in what we are asked to us. It's true that other years we have scored points more easily but you can't always do that, “he concluded.