“I’m in the clouds”. The Coria coach’s reaction to the tie that the Cacereños paired with Real was due to his being a loyal follower of Txuri Urdin. A magical crossroads that only the Copa del Rey can provide. The second round will be experienced skin-deep by the coach, “for playing against the team I have been a part of since I was little”, as Alberto Urquía told ‘Radiogolex’, a digital channel from Extremadura.
Urquía admitted that “I’m more nervous than the game on Saturday” and he explained why he is from Real: “My parents are from San Sebastián, I was also born there, but I came to Coria from a very young age”. Added to this rooting is that when “I was 7-8 years old, Real won the leagues.” In fact, “I always try to get close to Zubieta to watch the training sessions”, although he finds it “complicated” because Urquía is seen here in the summer, when the competition stops.
How could it not be, therefore, that Alberto Urquía is in control of Real. “I like how they play, their ideology and the idiosyncrasies of canetra,” he argues. “The truth is I feel like I identify with them.” An Alberto Urquía who was passionate about the match was replaced by emotion. “I felt something in my stomach, I told my wife while I was eating that there was good news coming.” A presentiment that will come true in a month, when he “will see Imanol on the bench next to him, Gorosabel brings out the front band”, as he imagines.
Imanol is in fashion and Alberto Urquía joins the current. “He transmits, he usually goes with his ideas until the end,” he emphasizes. “I am very happy, based on work there it is, although there isn’t much of a name.” The coach manages one of the “very good, top players, like Merino, Silva, Sorloth…”, listed Urquía. The tie against Real was a joy shared in the Coria dressing room, because “the players were excited about either between Atlético de Madrid, Athletic or Real”.
In Coria they understand that this will be the most historic event since the club was founded. “We have never faced a First Division team, not even in friendlies,” said Urquía. “I will have the memory forever,” he says, already thinking that “we will try to get some little detail” from Imanol, since it is more difficult for technicians to change shirts. The “few” videos ensure that they are necessary to evaluate the Real. “Someone will have to see, to find out what they can come out with. If we have any advantage, it is that, for the moment, I know them better than the other way around,” joked a pro realist who was waiting. Real in La Isla.
Source: La Verdad
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