Direct pulse through Champions will be practiced tomorrow at Metropolitan in between Athletic and the Athletic. Three points separate the two red and white teams in the table and six games remain to close the league campaign. Fourth place would be the icing on the cake for the Bilbao course. Being in the fight “is something very big” and those Valverde They will deal with it “as if it were final.” This is what was said yesterday Ruiz de Galarreta: “This is very important and will determine what the rest of the five days will look like.”
After raising the cup in Sevillehe Athletic is chained with two draws San Mames without leaving the best possible sensations. Are there batteries to keep face to face with Athletic until the end? “I think. This team is very hungry, very eager, and very strong after a year in which we enjoy a lot. We come with a new mind in this last stage and we win , draw or lose, the team will give everything until the last game.”
This slightly negative streak did not cause doubts in a locker room that remains “solid”, knowing that there are moments throughout a campaign “when it is a bit more difficult to win”. Galarretta He emphasized the “very positive dynamic, a lot of wins” the Lions have and knows how complicated it will be to add wins. “And even more when the end of the season is near,” he added.
He doesn’t even think about it Eibar that they had difficulty landing after lifting the cup. It was a “unique and historic moment” and they celebrated it “as much as the situation required” after 40 years of drought in the desert: “It was a great joy for the locker room, for all the people of Athletic, it’s a time to have fun and celebrate and so we did. “We lived moments that will last a lifetime.”
But when they passed, the Zurigorri squad put on “overalls” again because the wheel didn’t stop. “You achieve great success, but after a short time you realize that the path continues. That will remain in history, but we have to keep working, with the ambition and desire we have before achieving cup“, he pointed out Galarretta.
The tie is not considered good, “a priori”, open to Madrid. Especially looking at what happened in the semi-final of cup: “We have already shown this year that we can win there, knowing that they are a good team and that they are very strong at home.” The midfielder and the rest of his teammates went with the fixed idea of ”playing a good and complete game, at the highest level” to attack the Metropolitan and place quarters.
The final sprint of the course is a life or death for Athletic. Not competing in the main club competition would be a disaster. Galarretta He understands that the arrival of the colchoneros is affected. “Left out of Champions (at Dortmund) was a heavy blow and lost Victoriatoo”. They play everything a la carte League: “We know that we will find a full field, with a very good atmosphere and with a team that is hungry to win. We have to be very psyched.”
Source: La Verdad
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