Garitano: “Nobody wins without suffering here”

“I think we deservedly won the game because of what we did today and due to the performance of the team during the last few away fixtures.” Gaizka Garitano has shown his satisfaction with the first Athletic Club’s win on the road in LaLiga Santander so far. A 1-2 victory against Osasuna, which also breaks their run of over thirty matches without being defeated in their grounds, something that was also remarked on by Garitano: “Nobody wins without suffering here, reason why Osasuna hadn’t lost at El Sadar in the last 31 matches. We knew how to play when we had the chance and we knew how to cope with it when we couldn’t do it, not lowering our guard after the equaliser.”

The red-and-white coach has also referred to the changes in their XI, before and during the game, as well as to the performance of the less regular players: “We were aware that Oihan and Unai were going to run out of fuel, that we would need fitter people at the end. We did it well with Kenan. He is one of ours and one of the best professionals I have. All of them are necessary. In a complicated stadium such as today’s, we had lost really important players to injury such as Muniain and Raúl at the break and the lads have responded well.”