A historic match. This is how Jagoba Arrasate described tomorrow’s appointment against Athletic in a press conference that lasted almost 26 minutes. “This is a special, historic match. We are ready, we hope, we come from having a good match (against Sevilla in Pizjuán. A victory that gives us the necessary push to face a match like this. With the desire to do it well and play with our people”, said the coach.
The man from Berritua recognizes that Athletic has more experience playing this type of playoffs and reaching the finals, but he has full confidence in his team. “Here and now, no more. We are ready, the team has played these types of games this year and they have done well. The mood is good after the last victory. All incentives are given so that we have a good game tomorrow. We want to play in the final, for that we have to make merits, play two good games, the first one is tomorrow, we will go for it”, he added.
The Biscayan hopes to see the best version of his team, which this season offers it in a good number of games. “What I want is to see a recognizable Osasuna. Sometimes you know that the result may be strange, but we have to do everything we can to get a good result. The idea is to go out and win and then we’ll see from there”.
kill yourself He also acknowledged the excellence of Athletic in the two games last season and even in the one played this season in San Mamés, although the result was 0-0. “Athletic is one point above in the last matches. It is so. Last year they beat us both. This year we are tied with San Mamés but they are better than us. We have to learn from that and draw conclusions” , said the coach, who does not think about the result but “of playing a good game to achieve a good result”. “Our idea is to go out and win,” he reiterated.
Mr. didn’t prepare anything special. rojillo. Dealing with conflict from normality is the best in these instances. “It is better to make the game from the natural. If we start doing different things, this will be the first step to make mistakes. We need the best version of Osasuna. It is true that this is a special match and Athletic have more experience than us, but we are excited. You have to be tough on the field because bad decisions can be decisive, like a mistake, a dismissal… You have to play with a cool head, but with a warm heart, we have to feel the encouragement of the fans . , the plus of winning a rivalry, a race…”, he said.
The coach also acknowledged the bad luck the team had Valverde against Girona in San Mamés. “I don’t know if they have exhausted all the misfortunes on Sunday, two own goals, some injuries, they were left with ten… Everything that happened to them, I hope for a good Athletic. He is used to playing this kind of match and qualify for the finals. We will wait for the best rival to give our best version,” he said.
kill yourself He recognized that this was the most important game in his five seasons in charge of Osasuna. “Maybe, because of everyone around the party, sure. In the moments we fought for promotion there was no important moment. It is special, beautiful, it will be the best entry for El Sadar, this is what we want, we want to do it well because there could be more important games,” he explained about a hypothetical final.
Source: La Verdad
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