Valdesate Y Oihane Hernandez They now lead the assessment of the derby against Real after their coach did so on Tuesday. “Special. It’s in San Mamés and it’s a derby. It’s a better game to enjoy, but I faced it like everyone else even though it’s in San Mamés and it’s a derby”, pointed out the central defender. Athletic face the appointment after defeating Granadilla and Valencia at home before the weekend break due to national team commitments. “The team is in good physical shape despite the break. It is true that when you win two games in a row you want more, but it is also true that it is good for the team to prepare for the games to come”, added the central defender.
La Real won the clash that was also played in San Mamés last season: “We have to forget what happened in previous seasons and focus on the upcoming derby. We also don’t have to focus on the last games we or they played. They know us how we play and we know them. We need to focus on that and not on the latest results.”
The one from Trapagaran is expecting a good atmosphere in the field. “As a game in San Mamés, more people can attend than in Lezama. We expect a good atmosphere, being a derby and at the time it is, we believe there will be many people”, he added.
For his part, the international winger reviewed the clash. “It looks like Real will get more of the ball because of the players and the qualities they have, but we can take the ball from them and take advantage of the counterattacks we have,” he pointed out. What would you highlight about the txuri urdin team? “The individualities they have, such as Nerea Eizagirre. They can be decisive in important moments in the game, but we are more ready to defend them and do everything so that they don’t score against us”, added one from Sopela, who advocates focusing “on doing the right things. “instead of the classification. “That will take us to climb the table”, he said.
Finally, he explained what he insisted on Iraia Iturregi throughout the week: “That we take the derby as a normal game, that we don’t think it’s San Mamés because that can focus you outside. We have to focus on playing as we know how, as if it was a normal game, which is what it is, one more game, with the difference that there will be more people. That has to help us win.”
Source: La Verdad
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