Yuri: ‘We know exactly what we will find in Getafe’

After the deserved break of the first team of Athletic Club, Lezama has welcomed again the training of the team directed by Gaizka Garitano. After that, Yuri Berchiche appeared in a press conference. Even with the sweet media hangover of the great triumph over FC Barcelona, the defender referred to a goal of victory that he acknowledged he lived close to having decided to go forward in that action: ‘I felt a tremendous emotion for the goal of Aduriz, especially for him‘. On the importance of the result in the collective spirit has commented the following: ‘When you beat Barça is always good news because you’re beating the one who was champion last year, and that fills you with courage and positivism. What comes in the future we face with another joy and more confidence‘.

About his match at the individual level, he has recognised that ‘the first part was better than the second; we didn’t have much ball but in general I looked good‘. Of course, the atmosphere experienced in San Mamés has also been one of the topics discussed: ‘The public showed us last year that when you’re bad is when you have to be with the players; we received the support incredibly well, thanks to them we overcame a very difficult adverse situation, and what we experienced the other day was incredible‘.

Looking to the future, Athletic Club have their sights set on Getafe, where they will play the second round of the league on Saturday. Yuri has assured that ‘we know which team we are going to meet there; last year we played a quite complete match‘. ‘At home they are a strong team, they come from a defeat against Atlético de Madrid, we know the style they have and how they are going to play. We have to be at the same level or higher if we want to get something positive out of it‘.