Ernesto Valverde is also one of the coaches who prefers to keep up with the game. Athletic now have two consecutive dates in San Mamés. The lions will receive a visit from Getafe tomorrow and on Tuesday they will play the pass in the Cup final against Osasuna, starting with a 1-0 defeat in the first leg.
The rojiblanco coach is clear about this. “This week is important for both competitions: for the League and for the Cup. There are three games and the best thing is to start from the beginning and focus on this one, at Getafe, because it depends on how the games and the mood with those who have finished the games can always face the next one for better or worse”.
The Gasteiztarra coach insisted in his message: “We have to focus on tomorrow’s game because we made an important step with Valladolid and if we want to keep the pulse in the Liga with the goals we have, the match against Getafe is very important” .
Valverde clarified that “you can prepare tomorrow’s game without thinking about Tuesday, perfectly well, because the match against Getafe is a lot of incentive from the classification point of view and because the best way to prepare for in the next match It’s focused on the one ahead of you. It’s not the same to go to the next game with a win or a loss. It happened to us in the first leg against Osasuna in the Cup, which we went to after losing to Girona and that was a defeat that affected us at El Sadar”.
Osasuna now have a league date against Mallorca at El Sadar. Athletic will face Getafe tomorrow at 4:00 pm in San Mamés. The rojiblanco coach maintains that “it is normal that the two teams play on the same day and if possible at the same time so that everyone has the same conditions, but we know that it is what it is”.
The coach from Gasteiz, in any case, acknowledges that “sometimes it’s up to you and sometimes it’s up to the opponent to play before or play after. It’s also true that when there’s a difference of 4 or 5 days it’s not that important because you can always manage, but in 3 or 4 it starts to matter. We’re not going to ignore that anyway.”
Regarding the clash against Getafe, Valverde intuitions that “it will be an uncomfortable game because they close well, they fight for all the balls, they are experts in the second play, they throw you to Unal, who is in great form, they are all fighting. you are the balls and they are a team with a lot of focus”.
Source: La Verdad
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