Mikel
Oyarzabal he has all five senses in the match that the Spanish team disputes against Slovakia, a real final because if he lost he would be out of Europe. However, the Eibar is having time to reflect on what happened this season, of success and an unforgettable moment of glory for all, the conquest of the Copa del Rey against Athletic.
He was precisely in charge of executing the penalty that decided the final: “It was a moment of liberation, to take a load off you,” the footballer told MD. “It was a very big responsibility, a responsibility that I wanted to take on because I was confident that I was going to do well, that things were going to turn out well because I had discussed it the day before with my teammates,” acknowledges the former captain La Real that game, alluding to the talk, as emotional as it is vital to relieve tension, that the players had during the night before the game.
Mikel He admits that he was nervous when facing the maximum penalty: “In the end you have that tension inside that maybe you don't show it on the outside, but you carry it inside,” he says. However, he beat Unai
Simon, flooded with euphoria and glory all of Gipuzkoa, which was confined at that time. For all this, “it was a historic and beautiful day for me, for the club and for everyone.”
In the end you have that tension inside that maybe you don't show it on the outside, but you carry it inside
Oyarzabal she is sincere and confesses that she has had low moments in this very gratifying course for everyone, but that they have also been useful in her growth: “This year has helped me to learn that when you are not quite well, you have to try to help the team with other things, ”he says.
Positive evaluation of the season
The assessment of the season, necessarily, is positive: “We have had a beautiful year, a good year, getting a title after a long time, getting a fifth place, entering Europe for the second consecutive year,” sums up the realist youth squad. He also feels very hopeful for the future, which he senses prosperous because the foundations are in place: “Things are being done very well, and not only sportingly, at the club level, at the institution level.” In his opinion, “they are working very well in the youth team, in the women's team, the club is growing and we are going to try to continue doing things well to help the club grow.”
Things are being done very well, not only sportingly, at the club level, at the institution level
Like every summer, his name has been related to some other team, in this case, as in past years, with Manchester City. Txiki
Begiristain, sports director of the 'citizen' has a special fixation on the quality and character of the charismatic realistic attacker, who, however, does not attach importance to what is heard these weeks: “It's the usual, in the end we already know how this world of soccer works. There are many times that many things come out, I am calm, right now I only have my head here, in the game on Wednesday ”. The Real footballer, as always, has a clear roadmap: “I'm calm and I want to continue growing as a footballer.”