There are only four hours left before the Cup final starts at La Cartuja in Seville. Mikel Gonzalez was optimistic about the team’s choices Valverde, but at the same time he wants to be careful. “It’s been a week of amazing work, the team is excited but at the same time focused, working on the different situations that can arise in today’s game. We know it will be very difficult, that these four games that we played against them, except for the one in San Mamés who faced us early, was complicated. For them it is also a historic opportunity, we have to be very good and play the game we have worked for a long time,” said the director of Athletic football.
However, the man from Getxo considers that the forces are equal: “It is 50% for both teams. I trust the team, I see them well, very calm, very concentrated, but the match is very difficult. If we are at the highest level, we are definitely close to winning here.”
The coach also referred to Mallorca. “We know what kind of team this is. This is a team that works very well, making the matches tight. It is not easy for us to give our best version because the rival does not allow us to have the continuity, the rhythm, the verticality that we want. This is what we will be looking for from minute 1 without the team going crazy or wanting to score a goal as soon as possible. I hope so, but the game is very long. “It’s 90 minutes and what counts is the final result,” he said.
In the imagination of all the fans, it will bring the barge out again 40 years later: “When you compete hard, you always dream of the biggest, the best. The generation we haven’t seen yet is dreaming of it and always encouraging you. A title is the best.”
The players were unaware of the celebration across the estuary. “40 years ago the entire squad was not even born, they are not guilty of going 40 years without winning, but they are the one who have five consecutive semifinals. The first ones who want to win are them. In that sense I see them very well,” he stated. Mikel Gonzalez. In case of winning, the barge celebration will be on Thursday.
Source: La Verdad
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