Garitano: ‘We feel strong’

With the confidence that comes from having scored four points in the first two days of La Liga Santander, Gaizka Garitano has shown hope on the eve of the derby that faces tomorrow (San Mamés, 10 pm) to Athletic Club and Real Sociedad. ‘We played against two of the most difficult teams in the league and we got four points. Now what we want is to win the derby to continue with this dynamic that we have‘, said the red-and-white coach.

For Garitano, ‘the most important thing is to get the three points. It’s a special match because it’s the derby, we play at home, we feel strong because we started LaLiga well, but it will be a very difficult match against a great team. For Real Sociedad too, because in the last few months we’ve shown that we’re a great team. We know each other very well, but I think we’re two teams who are more concerned about doing our own thing than about our opponents‘.

The red-and-white coach has once again appealed to the strength shown by the team at home: ‘We’re making our matches very intense. At San Mames we’ve been overtaking most of the teams for months, allowing very little and generating a lot. But it’s going to be complicated, they have players of great quality, they have been reinforced with very good players and we’ll have to do things very well both in defence and in attack‘.