Athletic overcame the tie against Cayón. Valverde He seemed to enjoy it by the end of the meeting. “We entered the game well and scored two goals in the first half. Same result for Rubí with twenty minutes left and eventually they scored a goal for us. We want to do the third which will give us confidence to avoid taking risks. “We are on hype,” said the coach in the El Sardinero press room.
The man from Gasteiz has also been able to give minutes to less common players in the League and even try Yuri Berchiche as a center back, a very weak position. “He can play in that position and he can do it well. I may have to do this from time to time. Raoul He has played there on other occasions. It went well. As the game progressed I released hit (Galarretta) and Jauregize in the middle of the field. “I’m happy overall,” he added.
“The season runs as it happens. On Sunday we have another game in the League. Making these changes will be good for us. It is an additional motivation for the players. We are happy. Now we have to recover,” he noted.
The coach has already got the Williams brothers and Sancet on track in the game. He did it to secure a win and place in the round, not to prepare them to face Granada. “From the outside I see everything under control until they score a goal. From the outside I see everything is perfect, as I said one day, with a beer in my hand I fix everything. I didn’t make those changes thinking about the next game, you do that when you have more distance. I have to respect the opponent and the game can turn around like it happened with Rubí. We didn’t want this to happen to us. “I made those changes to make the game more secure,” he admitted.
Asier Villaliber Today he played his first starting game all season and scored the first two goals. “This is what forwards should do and what they want to do. This way, they feel more confident. We don’t ask that of center backs. He has the capacity to do it,” he stated.
Mikel Jauregizar He debuted as a lion in a very fair position after the injuries of Dani Garcia and Vesga. “I saw him a lot. It gives us peace of mind in the middle. We lacked a man in that position and he was very good in the reserve team. All the circumstances are in place for him to play. He is having a good campaign at Bilbao Athletic. Yes, I think it will help us.”
Source: La Verdad
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