The more or less general comment in Bilbao after the Cup elimination against Osasuna, having the league visit of Getafe as a close reference, is that Athletic need a killer, a goal man, a striker from Bilbao team from all walks of life Carlos, Urzaiz, Ziganda, Fernando Llorente, Aduriz…
When asked about this question in the hours before the league match against Espanyol, Valverde replied that “we are who we are and what is always about creating opportunities is clearer. There is a part of finishing and part also of the game, of coming and deciding some issues properly. It’s not just that. I’m speaking from the global perspective of the team”.
Then he added that “what we want is to be a team that makes everything it does profitable and there are moments of the season where we have done this. We have a significant number of goals and in Valladolid we scored three away at home (against Espanyol it has not been played yet). The goal? There is nothing that we cannot solve with work and persistence, because we are persistent”.
Another Aduriz
When asked if he believed that with another Aduriz, the goal problem would be solved; Valverde fired ex officio. “I don’t know if it’s different. Aduriz gave us some, the ones here, others. It’s about improving what we have. What will happen is we won’t think ‘it has to be Aduriz or it has to be Haaland’. We are who we are, we are who we are and we have to move forward. No one else”. The Williams, initially, came to the rescue on Saturday.
Source: La Verdad
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