Athletic reached the league break for the Christmas holidays in fourth, two points behind third (Barça), four behind second (Real Madrid) and five behind leaders Atlético. There was a moment on the final day when the lions were three from the top of the table with the tie between the colchoneros and azulgranas reflecting on the Montjuïc scoreboard until the 96th minute when Norwegian Sorloth took advantage of a counterattack to secure the win for in Madrid.
There are already talks about fighting for the League, but the red and white players prefer to go step by step, without looking at the next match of the regularity tournament, which does not come until Saturday, January 18 with the visit to Celta in Balaídos. “In the locker room we are calmer, we are game by game. The team is responding very well to get us closer to what we want, which is to be at the top,” he said. Gorka Guruzeta.
The set of Valverde Last season, he achieved a good fifth position which would have given him a place in the Europa League, a goal he also fulfilled as Cup champion At some point he was fighting for fourth place which would have given him a place in the 2024-25 Champions League. “It’s been a great year, we’re happy and looking forward to more. We have to keep going, the whole second round remains, let’s make a very good effort at the end of the year. I hope this season we can achieve the fourth place,” added the scorer of the first red and white goal in El Sadar, which is clear on the path to follow. “If there are goals there are wins and if there are wins there are titles,” he said on the verge of opening the KO tournament with a visit to UD Logroñés (Las Gaunas, January 4) in the round of 32 clash.
Your partner Alex Berenguer share the same opinion. “We will think about it game by game. There are more Leagues left, if we continue like this we will achieve fourth place but we will not put any ceiling on ourselves, we are growing every day,” Navarrese said about the Champions options.
Source: La Verdad
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