Valverde: “This title has no comparison with anything”

Ernesto Valverde jumped for joy when Berenguer scored the final penalty, which gave him the Cup title. and in the years we have searched for it. They are specialists in penalties, they achieved a good victory against Real Sociedad in the shootout. This title means a lot to the team and the club,” he said in front of the Movistar cameras.

The man from Gasteiz analyzed the match. “In the beginning we struggled, they played long balls, with a lot of friction. They are a very strong team on split balls. As the first half progressed we were able to shake off the game they were playing, but it’s true that up until the first half we had a bad time. In the second half we came out with the idea of ​​risking everything, higher. Oihan’s (Sancet) goal put us ahead, but we were exposed because they also had options. They had options to do the second one and so did we.”

Julen Agirrezabala became one of the great protagonists, stopping the decisive penalty against Morlanes. “We are lucky to have Unai (Simón) and Julen as goalkeepers. This is a young goalkeeper. He had to play very complicated games this season, not only this one, which is a final, but for example against Barça or the two semi-finals against Atlético. “You can imagine what it meant to him to save that penalty.”

Now comes the time for celebrations. On Thursday with Gabarra all over the estuary, but Txingurir plans to celebrate in a more unique way. “I don’t know how to celebrate it. I refused to think about them all this time. I’ll think about it now, but when I was in Greece and we won a title, I went to a hidden bar in Athens for a meal with a beer. I might have done something like that,” confirmed the red and white coach, one of the great architects of Athletic who managed to lift the Cup title after forty years.