Athletic return to compete in Lezama after Sunday’s derby defeat at Anoeta. The lions receive a visit from Madrid CFF starting at 6 pm The red and white team will start today the eleventh day of the match, before the new break in the league, in seventh position in the table with one point ahead (14) to their current rivals (13).
David Aznar attributed this commitment to the absences due to Oguiza’s suspension and Sara Ortega’s injury. The red and white coach considers the Madrid team as “a direct rival” within the group of “five or six teams” fighting for the “leading positions” in the table.
“Although they have had a change of coach and have been strengthened, their style has not changed much. Identity is preserved. Madrid CFF is a team built and we expect a competitive and demanding match. They are a dangerous opponent because they won the last two days and the dynamics are good,” the Athletic coach highlighted about the team led by Juanjo Vila.
With five days left until the end of the first round and the corresponding matches against Madrid CFF, Levante Badalona, Sevilla, Espanyol and Barcelona; The rojiblanco coach insisted that the first challenge they set today in the locker room of rojiblanco is to surpass the 20 points where they reached the half point of the championship last year.
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“That is our first goal. From there the League will be long and we will fight until the end to be at the top,” he remarked.
Aznar appealed to Dani Vivian’s statements at the Euro Cup to influence the presence of Zubieta and Nanclares in Spain. “Athletic, as Vivian said, is a good club to go to the national team and win things. It is a club that can give the opportunity to aspire to the best. It is important that we live those words every day and to have such awards as they give us with this recognition.”
Today’s call consists of Nanclares, Quiñones, Maddi, Landaluze, Gara, Nevado, Elexpuru, Vilariño, Balerdi, Valero, Mariana, Baños, Pinedo, Zubieta, Nahikari, Sanadri, Azkona, Amezaga and Agote.
Source: La Verdad
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