ANDhe rivalry duel between Athletic and Real Sociedad it doesn’t get on Marcelino’s nerves. The week has been the same as the others. “I give it absolute naturalness. My way of acting is not different from another game. It is the same as facing Alavés or Real Madrid. He is one of our 19 rivals in the competition. We face the game as one more. There is an emotional component. added, more for the players, but we have to know how to dominate and in no case should it influence our performance, which so far has been very good. We are going to play a real derby because there will be an audience and playing them without it is a bit quiet. We are privileged to experience it with a full field and two hobbies that are respected, “he said.
The feeling that the Real works better with young people
“This is for a class. I have arguments to give the answer, but I do not know if it is the right moment to do it. We are going to focus on the game ….. There is one thing that is clear: we cannot make the comparison. Comparisons can be made when we play with the same cards, but in this situation it is not played with the same cards…. Let’s save it for another day. “
Emotional management
“In my way of thinking there is no word revenge. It would be a serious mistake to consider it that way. The experiences of the past serve for the present and future, but the past is past. The focus is on this moment. There is nothing that prevents us from performing at the level that we are doing in the rest of the games. “
Athletic moment
“The team is fine, it is very good. And I think most of us will agree that we have fewer points than we deserve. Then everything will be fairly equal. We are all very satisfied with the performance of the team and we are optimistic because there is room for improvement. This is how we face each work day. We have played two good games this week against two good opponents and now we have another great rival who we are going to try to win. “
The plan of the Royal
“La Real is a good team led by a great coach, who has been giving continuity to the project for years. They have a good coach, a smart coach. La Real is more competitive and solvent on the defensive side than before Imanol trained her. It is an intense team, which plays well from behind but risks less than other seasons. It is vertical. It’s a good team. But we think we are too. That there is less success than other teams? Well, we have to work on it, but confidence is absolute. “
The party’s strategy
“Depending on how he plays, we have worked both situations to press up and defend in a solvent way in the middle block. We have to cover the central corridor because they are players with good footing and unbalancing. It is impossible for us to hold 90 minutes pressing up. We have improved in the section of defending in low block. And when we have the ball, we must have initiative and know how to attack Real, we more or less have an idea, but then in the end it is the touch, the success and the decision-making. From the data of the two teams it would be surprising that it was a game with many goals. If we were able to attack like the other day against Espanyol, I could almost assure that we would bring the three points“.
The ability to generate chances
“There will be games that are more blocked and we are less precise, but the intention is to arrive and improve. It has been shown that we have to arrive a lot to score a goal, but there will be games in which we will arrive twice and score two goals. Our intention has to be be that the rival arrives as little as possible and we the maximum. It is what the fan and the footballer want. We must seek constant improvement “.
“Iñigo’s problem was a virus that he had on the day of the game. He began to have nausea in the afternoon, which was what made it impossible for him to play. It was foreseeable that he would be normal. Vivian’s is a major injury. A study is being done to avoid incurring any precipitation. You have to go wisely until you decide doctors and he what is best. “
The Petxarroman situation
“Football is not easy and for the coach he has many moments of difficulty in making decisions. Deciding to stay with Petxa because he had a very good preseason and we consider that he can give us versatility in the wing and midfield, that is why we train with him in both positions. He also protected us in the face of the left back, that we weren’t going to have Yuri for a while. Now he’s playing Lekue at a progressive level and I would almost say supreme. And if we look at statistics, this coach who talks to you almost always use offensive profile changes. Capa and Petxa are the same. And then they have the bad luck that when Lekue does not play I have decided on De Marcos, who with us had a good performance and is a very important player in the group. It makes me sad that they don’t play because I know they are in a difficult situation. That is why we try to give them space during the week and make them feel identified in the group. But this is the job that the coach has. Their attitude is one of praise for respect and what they show every day“.
