The Gipuzkoan affirms that they have made a “clean slate” and hopes “that football will give us back what we lost the other time”
Lstaff of Athletic He has lived through the seven hardest days of the season, in which he has had to lick his wounds after the defeat in the first Cup final. Now, the team is preparing to face another final, this time against Barcelona. Although the culés start as favorites, Dani garcia it is clear that his illusion “is double theirs”.
“After a tough week we have managed to turn around a defeat like last Saturday, which is difficult. A new week begins, with a final on the horizon and I think we are very excited. It is a very important challenge. In the Super Cup we managed to beat Madrid and Barça in a week and if we have a good group role, I think we are capable of raising another Cup “launched the midfielder.
Dani has spoken about what happened in front of Real Sociedad. “The only thing that was a derby and I saw the whole team calm, but when the referee whistles it shows that there is more tension than normal and that makes you not play as you know. We had done a week of training at a very good level. As the week ends, you go to the game with high confidence and thinking that everything worked out will come out. Then when the game starts there was a lot of tension and we didn’t do everything we had to. They were also stressed and it was an ugly football game “he explained.
Of course, it makes it clear how they should face it. “We have made a clean slate. It has been a tough week with two league games that we have not managed to win, but at times we have seen the Athletic we love. We already said that from Monday we all have to come with the knife in our mouth and prepare the game as well as possible because it is a unique option to lift a title with Athletic “.
A new opportunity to win a title and to get rid of the bad taste in your mouth. “We have tried to do it in these league games. We know that we have the option to remove that thorn and that it is a complicated game, but we have already shown that to win against us they have to suffer. They are favorites, but they know they will have eleven ahead that they are going to die in the field. “
In addition, he has confirmed that they will not leave the league aside, regardless of what happens in the final. “Every day that passes you have fewer options. It makes me sad that we have drawn so much and we have not achieved even two victories that would have hooked us there. We have this Cup, which is to go to Europe. It would be milk to win Super Cup, Cup and go to Europe. Whatever happens, when this final is over we are not going to say “to take everything for granted. As long as there are points we have to give our best and try to climb positions “he added.
Finally, Dani García thanked the fans for their support after the defeat in Seville. “The first day I went out on the street, I went out with glasses and a cap and I realized that I was making a fool of myself thinking that pessimistic fan was going to come and tell me something. It was the opposite and they have made me change my thinking a lot. We arrived from La Cartuja and we had 100 people cheering us on. Every time I have gone out on the street the only thing I have received has been encouragement. From here we want to thank because we feel very supported. So far I have not seen any pessimists on the street, quite the opposite. They are with us, the messages are that whatever happens they will be proud of what we are making them live, “he concluded.
