“We won, what’s it about”

Valverde was pleased to advance to the next Cup tie, but acknowledged the difficulties suffered in the second half, when the best Agirrezabala. “These games are complicated. We’ve always struggled to psyche ourselves up, now we’re psyched up. Alzira is a good team as they showed today. Try to impose your rhythm. In the first half we didn’t struggle, in the second we scored to kill but they pressed strategically. We won, which is what it was about”, said Txingurri.

The coach from Gasteiz left happy with the predisposition his team showed when they jumped onto the pitch. “As long as you keep coming, you can’t beat Alzira. They have arguments, they are a good team and the top team has to think to come out well both in defense and attack. We have solved the game before, but if not, you depend on the success of the opponent”, he added.

The technician announced that Yuri Berchiche he suffered a sprained ankle and about the players of the World Cup there are no negative surprises. Siblings williams They have not suffered any physical accidents ahead of the Qatar meeting which starts on Sunday. “Everything went well. I don’t want to injure my players and miss the World Cup, but our club is ahead. Success is here. From now on it’s time for the World Cup, but so far Athletic has come first,” he said.

The Gasteiz native also praised the work of Agirrezabala: “It was very good. He saved us in the second half and gave a lot of packaging in the defensive part. The field is not good for goalkeepers. I am glad because he has been inactive for a long time and he did not continue the start of the League. It could have started to the detriment of first”.

The man from Gasteiz points out that this single-game Cup format is very fun “except for the coach of the team who has to play abroad”. “Everyone makes their predictions to reach the number of First Division teams that will fall. You have to adapt, on the field you are not as superior as you look outside. I love the format that it’s if I have to play at home, if I have to leave I don’t like it,” he said.

Valverde was also discussed villa libre. The man from Gernika played his second starting game of the season: “He is a player who always has chances. In the preseason he was successful. He didn’t score goals today, but the goalkeeper made two good saves -save for him. The first one was fantastic. It was about adding scoring opportunities”.

Athletic go into the break in fourth place in the League and after winning the first round of the Cup. The last game we played well, the previous one not so much against Girona. Now the break is coming, we will see how we manage it and then the second part will come. We had a complicated calendar in January, but we did well in the first part of the season, we were happy,” he said.