The Athletic Club player Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta assured that they will face next Saturday’s match at Civitas Metropolitano against Atlético de Madrid “like a final” in the fight for “something huge”, like reaching the fourth place that gives the right to compete in the Champions League.
“This is a very important match and it will mark the last five days. We will go with the hope of winning, putting pressure on Atlético and fighting for the fourth position, even if whatever happens we will fight until we have We have options,” the midfielder said in the press conference offered to Lezama.
Galarretta He added that, a priori, he would not sign a tie that would keep them three points behind the Colchonero team, although the ‘average’ is in favor, since the first objective is to repeat the victory they got in the same scenario in the Cup semifinals and remove Atlético from that position.
“In the end, we’ll see what we get. I think they will also face it as a final because their clear goal is to enter the Champions League. and we will find a full field, a wonderful environment and an opponent who is hungry to win. We have to be very focused and play a very good game,” he reflected.
The Eibartar player assured that Athletic are also “very hungry” for victories after winning the Copa del Rey and added that they arrived “fresh in mind” and with enough “fuel” in their legs for the final stretch of the season.
“In the locker room we remain firm because we know that there are moments that are more difficult to win. Luckily this year there has been a winning dynamic, but it is normal for these streaks to come. We are only thinking about Saturday, what. has happened has no “we’re going further,” he said of the three-game winless streak they snapped after losing at the Bernabéu and drawing at home against Villarreal and Granada.
The midfielder also believes that it was not difficult for them to “land” after winning the Cup and “live a unique and historic moment” that they celebrated “to the fullest, as it deserved.” “We live in moments that will stay with us forever, but for the Villarreal game, the team wore overalls again and the following week we entered a routine. We achieved great success, but you quickly realize that the path continues and you have to work with the same ambition to win,” he reflected.
Source: La Verdad
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