The focus of criticism for the poor results of the Athletic pointed to Gaizka Garitano. The míster himself assumed them as “normal” in the previous duel against him. Seville. After the comeback against the Sevillans, it has cleared a bit. A triumph that began to be forged with the modifications of the deriotarra, who transferred the merit to the green. “It is a victory for the players. When we lose, I lose; when they win, the players win, “he said.
With the changes, the Athletic It was “growing”, but “not only in those final 20 minutes” of the match: “That was the plan, we had to play at a very high pace”. And the final result gives the reason to Garitano. “Although they started better, even in the first half we had good things. There have been three or four centers to push that we have not reached, we have lacked that finisher ”, he explained.
He was convinced by the intensity proposed by the rojiblancos on the mat: “The game has had a lot of back and forth and it has been good for us. We have finished it physically better than them ”. It was a choral task, not only of those who were on the pitch at the time of the goals. Those who started at the beginning did “a more unpleasant job, with fewer spaces and more work”, the reward would come in the last quarter of an hour: “Those who entered have done well, but because the game was more broken, there was more spaces. Each one has done the job they had to do well, some from the beginning and others entering later ”.
Garitano He described the victory as “important”, but the route they walk does not change. “We are happy and starting tomorrow, to think about Valladolid. Like when we lose, to keep looking forward with the illusion that we do. The team never fails in that ”, said the coach. The triumph or the moral reinforcement, to what gives a greater importance? He did not hesitate: “The three points because we had good self-esteem. Inside we keep trusting, we keep working. We know that it will not be an easy year, it never has been ”.
The proposal developed by the Athletic and explained by Garitano presented considerable nuances with previous appointments. A door could be opened to transfer her to another type of meeting. “When you lose, surely there is some other way to play, other players, other changes …”, assured the coach. They are things of “football” and the law of the result. “I'm sure that in the games we've won we've done well and in those we've lost, I'm sure we could have done something else differently. That always happens in football ”, he concluded.