“The match against Granada is the kind of match every player wishes to play”
“The match against Granada is the kind of match every player wishes to play”
Muniain feels hopeful with an Athletic Club that gets “strengthened” to the semi-final of the Cup, “after defeating a team like Villarreal”
Iker Muniain, striker of Athletic Club, showed up this morning in the pressroom after the training that took place in Lezama, 48vhours before the second leg of the semi-final of King’s Cup (Copa del Rey) in Los Cármenes. The match against Granada FC (Thursday, 9.00 p.m.) will be played right after breaking a bad run with 10 matches at La Liga without a win. “We’re doing really well, strengthened after winning a great team like Villarreal“.
“They’re a strong team, ahead of us at the Liga. It will be a very equaled match, they’ll try to make it long and they know that a goal against them can be painful. They’ll try to get alive to the final, which doesn’t mean they are not going to give the most”. During the brief, Muniain also highlighted the difference of experience between the squads: “It´s important to have lived these kinds of situations before, there’re players here that faced important qualifying rounds. Our supporters will push us. They are the kind of matches every football player wishes to play. We need to face it as if it was the final“.
“Two qualifying rounds that seemed against us but the team has followed its heart and its faith that lead us to the final“, reassured the player of Athletic Club when asked about the track record of this championship. He also sent a message to the supporters: “We’re grateful for them, we always need to thank the effort they’ re making for us. I ask them to believe, because they’ve something to believe in. It’s a team that has given reasons to do so. We hope it’ll become a great night“.