“Athletic is a good team. They have speed, aggressiveness and a crowd that pushes hard. We know this difficulty and we have to be very helpful, mainly, at the beginning and at the end, when the extra effort that they do often determines the speed and quality they have.”
This is how Rafa Benítez defined the Bilbao team yesterday. The coach of the Vigo team added regarding this that “what we can do to control it is the same thing we did in so many games. When we played Girona, who beat everyone, we came together and we were good. It happened to us with Barcelona, who won only 5-0 in two games. Regardless of the system, it’s more about attitude and that we do things well from a defensive and offensive or counterattacking standpoint.”
Regarding the refereeing controversy, the light blue coach indicated that “when I move around the city and I meet the fans, they influence me with those types of things. We already know what happened up to that point this. Against all odds, we will continue the fight.”
Source: La Verdad
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