"The team has the ability to unite in difficult moments"

The Director of Institutional Relations of Real Madrid admitted that “we have suffered because Athletic has played a great game”

Emilio Butragueño, Director of Institutional Relations of Real Madrid

YOAN VALAT / EFE

Emilio Butragueño, Director of Institutional Relations of the Real Madrid, He pondered the capacity for suffering of his team, in the 1-0 victory against the Athletic Club, by highlighting the union of the footballers “in difficult moments” to “carry out a game” that was “complicated”.

“Very important victory for us. We wanted to extend the lead and we succeeded. We suffered because the rival played a great game. But the team has the ability to unite in difficult moments and carry out a game that has been getting complicated, “he said on Movistar +. “They have played well, you have to put it in value. They have had two more days of rest and in this calendar it is undoubtedly a help ”, he added.

Butragueño did not want to assess the fourth position in the French Ballon d’Or Karim Benzema, award that the fans asked for the Frenchman after scoring his goal: “We are happy that Karim be with us. The rest belongs to the past and we are thinking of the San Sebastián party ”, he concluded.