Athletic visit Valencia tomorrow with the aim of regaining the best version at home. The rojiblancos have gone seven games without a win away from home, with three draws and four losses. It’s time to recover the good dynamics as a guest to continue in the noble zone of the table. Valverde today in the Lezama press room, he recognized the need to win again abroad, something that will also serve to reaffirm the victory obtained last Friday in San Mamés against Cádiz.
“It is important for the same thing. The other day we won and now we want to validate what we are doing at home abroad. Obviously we have had problems away from home, we are not as solvent as in San Mamés. Tomorrow is another chance to achieve it. This is a team that is in a bad streak now. We are interested in playing our game, playing our game and see if we can get the three points”, the coach pointed out.
What is your home team missing? “Every game is different. In the end (against Celta), we didn’t dominate the game, especially in the second half and in the duels they were stronger. Other parties are different. Against Real we made mistakes that cost us important situations apart from the arbitration issue, which marked the game. We have to try to play in a similar way at home and away. In San Mamés we have a way of playing, sometimes quite dangerous. Outside, we have to support that. The opponents also have arguments to break our balance and create imbalances in some areas of the pitch, which is what happened to us in Vigo”.
Valencia is the opposite, with just one point of gain against relegation. “The packaging can be whatever it is, but the important thing is what happens on the pitch. How we approach the game and how Valencia do it. It’s true that Valencia are in a delicate moment because they went down and there are public protests against the owner, but we have to focus on the purely football issue, which is what this is about,” Gasteiztarra said.
Valencia is the only team that hasn’t won since returning to the competition: “They don’t get results, they come one point from relegation and it gives a little idea of the equality that exists in the League. Elche beat Villarreal. The other day there were results of all kinds. This is a good team, there are situations that do not come out and you have to master the point of anxiety. They have arguments to play a good game because they great players and it’s a good group”.
Necessity drives both teams. “There is a point of greater need for them and also for us, because we want to add more away from home”, he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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