Ernesto Valverde appeared in The Gaunas with an expensive mixture of relief and fright. “All the matches of Cup They are complicated and we had already seen what their match with him had been. Girona. They defend hard, they have done a great job. It is true that they have not reached us, but we did not arrive clearly. At first yes and in the second we had the options of Guruzetabut it was costing us a lot”, summarized the technician.
Football “is not only a matter of mastery and finishing, but also of getting it right,” something that the Athletic in front of the UD Logrones. It only made the difference in the penalty shootout. The nerves have played against the lions. “We didn’t get it right and, as the game progressed, it fed them. Every minute that passed without us scoring was a victory for them.“They played a great game,” he repeated. Valverde.
For the Riojans it was “a triumph” to play it from eleven meters. For him AthleticHowever, “it was a serious problem.” The coin fell on the visiting side: “Then we fixed it.”. In the same way that they went through with the Gironanow we have passed.” Txingurri He acknowledged that they had “prepared the penalties because nobody knows what can happen.”
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The plan went perfectly with a variation that he did not reveal: “Those who we thought were the best have thrown away. As the end approaches, you are thinking about the pitchers, I have consulted with Jon (Aspiazu) and we have had order. There has been a small change, but I am not going to comment on it.”.
The coach saw the tie in danger before the ninety. “We were a little out of control with that desire to score and That’s where we could put it together. The sides were getting very high, Unai Gómez It was getting very deep, we were closing in a lot and that’s where you can’t fail and concede a counter because that’s what they were waiting for to beat us.”
