“I work all the time for this. It’s my first goal in the First Division and in an official match against Athletic and I’m very happy that it was worth it to give the team three points away from home, which I think we need.”
Patri Zugasti has been one of the main protagonists of the first league victory of the lions from Lezama. The Navarrese striker, who replaced Azkona with five minutes left in the 90th minute, took advantage of a filtered pass from Arana, who entered the field at the same time as Zubieta’s replacement, to score the goal for Bilbao’s victory against in Valencia. So broke the existing tie on the scoreboard until then and returned to Bilbao with three points.
“It was a very even match. From start to finish there were chances for both teams. It’s true that we had a 0-2 lead in the second half, but in the end we didn’t get it right and they tied us. As always, I try to help the team when I go out. This time I was fortunate that, with a great pass from Arana, it went in,” said the scorer of Athletic’s decisive goal at the Antonio Puchades.
Patri Zugasti is clear that “we need it because we have a very difficult game coming up and it’s important to add. The team is doing well, but that can’t be increased by three. Hopefully this will be the turning point to look at.”
The defensive work
David Aznar, Athletic women’s coach, also made a positive reading of this 1-2 against Valencia: “I have to congratulate the players because they made an extraordinary effort. In the end the important thing is the three points. The guys who are starting and coming off the bench are adding to this team and we have shown that we continue to grow and we want to be a competitive team.
The red and white coach considers that “we are a team that builds a lot and has little reward. We will continue to do so. Against Valencia, I stand above all for the work we did in defense because the teams from there. The League still has a lot left to play for and we want to continue to grow, move up the ranks.
Source: La Verdad
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