Daniel Ruiz Bazán, Dani, is the last Athletic player to collect League and Cup champion trophies with the Bilbao club. 7 of that historic Clemente team participated yesterday in the red and white talk show on Radio Bilbao. Clear, strong and to the point.
Regarding Valverde’s impressions at the end of Friday’s clash against Celta, Dani indicated that “the first thing a coach almost always does is to say that my players played like a mother because she lives with them and have to live with them. Many people said ‘damn, how good, what a great game’, but in my view it was a match with many mistakes and it is not normal that a rival like Celta, who almost lost and in its classification, gives you three purposes.”
At this point, it is clear to Dani that what the public, the fans and San Mamés need to know is what Athletic is. “Immediately they said we have to enter the Champions League, Europe is mandatory for what they charge… Let’s see! There are a series of things that must be nuanced. First, Athletic’s philosophy is players from our quarry.”
The quarry as an example
At this point, the former red-and-white captain gave an example: “In a quarry like Orozko, where I live, there are times when good stone comes out, sometimes bricks come out, and sometimes sand comes out , and no mother and child can go out.” I caught it. Well, the same thing is happening here. In the Athletic youth team there are times that come up and times that don’t come up. We have to be careful what we do.”
Another thing that Dani doesn’t understand is the cliché that they must be in Europe because they charge a lot. “We all went to school and some were naval engineers and some were workers. The same thing happens with a soccer team. There may be four, five or six players who are quite relevant to the team because they carry certain weight and you have to pay more for those people because the market demands you.
Another message from the former captain for the press and fans. “We must be careful, we must treat them in the sense of not giving too much importance to players who have plans to become great players, but not from the beginning to start deifying them. “This kind of thing is harmful to the player and that’s how it shows,” he said.
After giving the example of Sancet’s evolution, Dani said that “to be a good Athletic player, one has to be consistent every Sunday. Not giving a 9 one day and a 2 another, but 6,7,8… Have regularity because that happens to us. It was a rare game and two or three of us hit the skids.”
Source: La Verdad
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