The first day in Lezama after the final starts with analysis, talk and reflection

ANDl Athletic leaves behind the 2020 Cup. Out of obligation and mental health. The final lost with the Real Socieda cannot put more days of pressure on the lions. The team returns to LaLiga -this Wednesday there is another derby against Real in Anoeta and on Saturday a new rivalry duel against Alavés- in preparation with real fire for the 2021 Cup final on April 17 against Barcelona in La Charterhouse. Same scenario as in the final lost on Saturday, but also scenario in which the rojiblancos won the Super Cup against Barça in January.

The first day in Lezama after the final started with analysis, talk and reflection. The footballers have spent more than two and a half hours without jumping onto the field since they arrived at the facilities. The tinvisible work goes further of the gym and activation routines that are followed each day. This time there were other issues to discuss.

Marcelino needs a crash plan. And the team is convinced to carry it out. “We have to admit that we were not as we should have been … it is not so easy to express in words that the team did not compete,” warned Raúl García at a press conference at 4:00 p.m. this Monday, shortly before meeting with his teammates and the coach.

Athletic has 180 minutes of real fire (Real Sociedad and Alavés) before the final with Barcelona. Those two LaLiga matches should help the team to rearm its concepts and grow. The Dphysical and mental exhaustion of the recent final with Barcelona and the chaining of three games from Saturday to Saturday will make the coach touch up his next line-ups.

The team works towards the next two commitments with the Peru Nolaskoain’s only casualties, who resumes activity after being away for coronavirus in a season that has been hard for him because injuries have not allowed him to count, and Zarraga, which this week will be operated on the external meniscus of the right knee. The getxotarra can end the campaign.