Now Athletic begins a new adventure in the Copa de la Reina. The red and white will play for a place in the next round against Granada in Los Cármenes. The meeting will start at 8 pm and will be broadcast live on Teledeporte.
David Aznar, coach of the Bilbao team, made it clear yesterday in Lezama that his intention is to go to the Nasrid stadium with everyone, without thinking about the league match on Sunday.
“The Cup is a final because it is a single-match tie. There will be time to think about Madrid Femenino. We will go with everything we have to play in a final because it is a competition that will end or we will continue. We have to play in Granada with the focus of attention on winning that match,” said the coach of the Lionesses.
Athletic still don’t know what to get from Lezama. The red and whites have accumulated four losses in their other league trips. Defeat today in the Nasrid capital would also cause other collateral damage, as it would mean elimination from the cup competition.
“We have done more to be more worthy of the house. When you play matches and lose and you feel like you haven’t found yourself or that your opponent has been superior, you just have to acknowledge it and keep working to improve. I am very happy with the team away from home because we played very well, creating more goal situations than Lezama, but we were unlucky in places. In the end it was right,” argued David Aznar.
Athletic already know what it’s like to beat newly promoted Granada this season. The lions defeated the Andalusians in Lezama in their first home game in the League. The final 1-0 clearly reflected the equality that existed then.
“The classification does not do justice to everything that Granada has done and the possibilities that Granada has. It is true that they come from a very complicated schedule, facing teams that belong to the top five, and that has probably sunk them a little in the table. Team to take into account, dangerous team,” warned the Athletic coach.
The coach is clear that the Nasrid team “has been strengthened a lot with First Division players and is keeping the structure and style of last year that got them promoted to the First Division. We have to be vigilant, especially with their transitions, because they are fast guys, who like to run. We try to play our game, be dominant and create all possible scoring situations.”
Source: La Verdad
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