Galarreta: “Jauregizar has a maturity that is surprising for his age”

The center of the field Athletic was resurrected for a short time. Galarreta, Prados and Jauregizarwho now mainly distributes minutes in the engine room, was not in the first team two years ago at the beginning of the third period of Valverde. It’s a three-piece machine for the intense football that the lions love to play.

Prados two goals, Jauregizar one, you have your work cut out for you. This year, is the coach asking the midfielders to bring more to the area?

Since last year, the midfield and everyone likes it when we attack. When we are centered, load the place, let the people come. We have to get there to create chances and the more people we put in, the more dangerous we are. This is something we try to ask ourselves. People in the middle of the field are contributing goals and hopefully I can contribute one too.

Do you see yourself in Jauregizar?

He is a player who is getting strong quickly. He has a maturity that is surprising for his age, a lot of personality to play with. He is a very intense defensive player, who makes the team play with the ball and is very efficient. For Athletic, for us, the arrival of young players like Beñat or ‘Jaure’, who have many years left here, is very good. We have a lot in the middle of the field, Vesga and Ander, and everyone contributes when it’s their time. The year is long, there will be many games and we will need everything.

Although the main load in the midfield is assumed by the three, it is true that they all enter the wheel at one time or another.

Football is changing fast. Fortunately, we all trained to the maximum. When it’s time for us to play, we play to the maximum and no one can relax like that. There will be many games this year and there will be moments for everyone.