Garitano: ‘We’ve seen a cheerful Athletic’

Gaizka Garitano was ‘very satisfied’ with his team’s 2-0 victory over Real Sociedad in the San Mamés derby: ‘We have to enjoy it because we had marked this match as very important. It’s not just any game, it’s a special game, perhaps the most important match of the year for us. In the first moments we have already seen a very plugged in team. We played a good match against a team like Real Sociedad which is very difficult to overcome because it has very good players. That’s why I’m happy, but prudent. It’s been a good start to the league, but we have to keep working‘.

In addition to the three points, which place them in the forefront of LaLiga Santander classification, Garitano wanted to highlight the good play shown by the team: ‘Until now it had been easy to have the ball. Against Barcelona is difficult to move the ball and against Getafe, almost impossible. But today, apart from the tactical order, we have seen a cheerful Athletic, with football, with a finish touch… we have thrown fifteen times to goal, we have made occasions… In that, the team has grown with respect to the first two matches and has confirmed what it had pointed out against great teams in the preseason“.