Ernesto Valverde acknowledged that the proximity of the Cup final influenced today’s match at the Santiago Bernabeú. “It’s always difficult to come here, but this is an opportunity for us. It’s true that we have the final in six days and it’s hard to get it out of our minds. The game has to be played. We didn’t play the tension that the game needed, the first half we didn’t play well, it was difficult for us to get there. We tried to put another gear in the second stage and we had a chance Iñaki. Now we have to focus on the finals next week,” he said.
The man from Gasteiz expanded on his explanation of the lack of tension. “It’s a way of speaking. It’s like saying that we should have been more involved in the game. Yes we want to be, but we can’t. Next week we need to be in the best conditions, both from a football and mental point of view, with the right activation, without going overboard and without falling. In the final you can’t be short,” he noted.
Txingurri also wants to warn the equality of the clash against Mallorca next Saturday in La Cartuja. “We value our rival very much, the distances between them and us are minimal, we are two similar teams. Our motivation is full regarding this final and it will be the same for them,” he added.
Now it’s time to focus exclusively on next Saturday’s clash: “We see this final as an opportunity, I think both with the rival. Last season the distance to Mallorca was one place and one point. In the final there are no favorites unless Real Madrid or Barça play. We look forward to it. Mentally, our intention is always above the game and not for the game above us.
Txingurri is also not worried about the excessive euphoria in the atmosphere for achieving the 25th Cup title. What exists is an illusion, just like in Mallorca. In any case, that doesn’t matter to us, everything that goes into a final is very good, because of the good movement of people, the busyness of tickets …, but everything will be told on the field. For us it’s simple, we just have to focus on the game. We should apply there because we are artists. “We have to focus on that.”
About Yes confirmed that he is suffering from an adductor muscle injury: “We will study it these days.”
Source: La Verdad
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