“Thanks for your support, we are going to leave our skin in the final”

Nobody expected it. It was something improvised that Imanol Sheriff he even asked permission to do. “Hello, are you recording? Let's see, start recording I want to say something”said the Oriotarra when he approached the area where the press was located in the training fields of the Real society, in an image that has become classic on the day that the realidts club allows the media to follow the training of the txuri-urdin team behind the open door. Imanol Alguacil wanted to take the opportunity to send a message of gratitude to the realistic fans, and a declaration of intentions, just ten days before the final of La Cartuja Cup. “Thank you for your support, we are going to leave our skin in the final,” he said bluntly.

His message has sounded natural, improvised, nothing imposed, far from the archetypes that surround football today. “I want to thank all the fans for all the messages received, you do not know the strength that it gives us, both to me and to the team, I hope that these messages that are coming give us strength, which is so, so that we can win this final “, has said. And he has made a very clear promise. “We are going to give up our lives, both in these days of training and in the final and I hope we all have a happy ending”, has wished Imanol.

Finally, the Oriotarra coach wanted to thank the support of his people, the coastal town of Orio, who has turned to his illustrious neighbor, has dyed his streets blue and white and has even dedicated an emotional video to him in which all the inhabitants of the small town appear sending encouragement, under the slogan “Guk, Imanolekin, Guk Realekin (We, with Imanol. We. With the Real)”. Imanol has addressed all the people of Orio and told them. “Also to thank my people for the video they made for me yesterday. Thanks to Baserri and Iban, who are the ones who have made the whole video, and to all the people of Orio. It is something that touched my heart. I am going to stay for a lifetime. Gora Real, come on! “, he concluded. And with those words he said goodbye to the press to direct what was the last open-door session before the final. From this Thursday, Zubieta is already a bunker to prepare the best possible that Cup final.