Dominic Greifthe goalkeeper of Majorca and became the new idol of the Vermilion fans after his extraordinary performance in the Copa del Rey, he revealed that to stop a penalty he had a lot of faith in his “intuition” as well as in the “videos” of the maximum he was reviewing foul before. the games.
“It’s important to study the movements of the player in front of you. There, I trust intuition. Besides, we always watch videos of opposing teams when they take penalties,” he stated Greif.
The Slovakian goalkeeper will be between the sticks on Saturday against the Athletic Club at the La Cartuja stadium in Seville. He played in the previous six qualifiers and started the previous day in LaLiga against Valencia (0-0) at Mestalla.
Greif He believes the final against the Basque team “will be very complicated” against a rival expert at making the most of his options in that type of match, as shown by the 23 Copa del Rey titles he has to his credit cabinets.
“They run like bastards, they will ask a lot from us,” summed up the Central European goalkeeper, repeating the terms he used in other media interviews organized by Majorca at the Son Bibiloni facilities.
Greif saved two penalties in the Cup semi-finals against Real society at Reale Arena. one to the other Brace Mendez before ending the first half with the score 0-0 and another Mikel Oyarzabal in the decisive round that, in the end, helped his team reach the final against Athletic Club.
But, even though he played an important role in qualifying for the Copa del Rey final, he insists that he never felt like “a hero.” “Football is a collective game, we all participate in victories and defeats,” he remarks.
Although throughout the season he played the role of Serbian substitute Predrag Rajkovic In LaLiga, Majorcan fans are banking on the “Greif factor” to win the second Copa del Rey in the history of the Balearic club, after a win against Huelva Recreational in 2003.
On Saturday, October 6, the big day of the Copa del Rey final in the capital of Seville, Dominic Greif He will be 27 years old.
“I hope I can celebrate it twice: the Cup and my birthday,” stressed the Slovakian goalkeeper.
Source: La Verdad
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