“We have to bite the classification”

Athletic faces a decisive week in his immediate future. The red and whites play in the Liga against two European rivals such as Betis and Barça and in between they host Atlético in the second leg of the Cup semi-final. At stake is a place in the grand final to be played on April 6 at La Cartuja.

Gorka Guruzeta recognized that they were facing the most important day of the season so far. “The path we are on is very beautiful. In the coming match today (against the green and white) we have to bite on the classification and then we will face a good opportunity to reach the new final,” he stated in Lezama.

Everyone is talking about the match against the Colchoneros, but the forward, Athletic’s top scorer with ten goals – nine in the League and one in the Cup – prefers to focus on the next match, the visit to Benito Villamarín today Sunday starting at four fifteen in the afternoon. “We have to think about winning every day. In recent years, we’ve taken the hit at the end. We should only think about Betis, go to win and then we will think about Atlético. It’s a mistake to think where we will be at the end of the season, “he said about the goals. Athletic is two points away from the Champions League places and has a distance of nine with respect to the sixth place team, Real The continental goal set at the start of the season seems to be on track.

“What dictates us is the Liga, we cannot take away the focus on Betis. It is clear that the Atlético game is there, but in 2024 we are focused on it properly, excluding the game at Valencia (1-0), which is too much who lost. We don’t have to take the focus off the Betis game and then think about the Atlético game,” he reiterated.

Manuel Pellegrini’s team visit Dinamo Zagreb today in the Conference. How will it affect them?: “We also had the Cup two weeks ago and we face League matches as they will. It is clear that the more tired they come is a point in our favor and there is they are also three sanctioned. It’s something they have to look at. We have to go and win our game.”

Antoine Griezmann He was injured on Tuesday in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Inter. The Frenchman suffered a sprained ankle. Doubtful to visit San Mamés next Thursday. If he does not come, it will be a very important loss for Cholo Simeone. No one knows that he is their most decisive footballer and he also has Athletic dimensions. “I think Griezmann it will be. Morata He seems to have one too and the other day he played. We have to think about our own thing, play a game very similar to the one we played at home against them in the League (2-0) and try to win because we have a good chance,” he said about the option of reaching the new final. .