Beñat Prados He earned a place last season in Athletic’s first team after a season on loan at Mirandés. The Navarrese, who have played 19 games, 14 in the League and 5 in the Europa League, enter the round with Galarretta and Jauregize in the engine room. “I’m very comfortable. Last year when I started it was a bit difficult for me to adapt to the rhythm of this squad, I understand it little by little and now I feel like another one, I feel important within the team. This is something very good, it makes me happy and makes me improve,” he said in Lezama in a clean week without European competition.
This campaign has been difficult for him to pick up the pace, but he is in good shape. “The second seasons are the most hard, when you break out and it’s new, everything is seen in a better light, whatever you do is good and of course they ask you to do something different. I’m in the process of improving, I’m trying to do things that when I started I wasn’t very good at. “I was in that moment of doing different things that the coach asked me to do,” he admitted.
2024 is almost over. The only thing missing is Saturday’s match against Osasuna at El Sadar. The midfielder acknowledged that it was a great year. “The year I had was so good, it’s very difficult to repeat. “This is the best sporting year of my career, I’m very happy.”
The Pamplona native pointed out what his best moment was. “It is very important to live in the first team, to feel confident, but without a doubt the most important thing is to win the Cup. They were wonderful weeks that will never be forgotten,” he said of the title won against Mallorca on April 6th in La Cartuja.
Valverde He has a lot to choose from in the core. To the footballers mentioned above, we must unite Mikel Vesga and Ander Herrera. “The competition is very good and even more so in Athletic, which we handle differently. There are players who are very good, Jaure (Jauregize) is doing great, it’s great already Ernest can count on many players. This competition is good for both clubs and for us, it is good for everyone,” he said.
Prados’ life has not changed by playing for the Athletic first team, but he is known on the street: “It’s different, it’s a pride that people know you and ask you for an autograph on the street, they’re good”.
Source: La Verdad
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