Ernesto Valverde has appeared at a press conference to analyze the match on matchday 13 between Real Valladolid y Athletic Club of LaLiga EA Sports.
Win after two draws: «We all have a need for points, for one reason or another there are always reasons to want points. We want to maintain the position and if we can improve it. They want to get out of the bottom, they have had a bad streak, but two weeks ago they beat Alavés and they lost the last ones by the minimum. “They try to play, they deploy well and now we are going to focus the game well and reactivate ourselves well.”
Rival: «Valladolid has needs, they have arguments and we have to activate well because that is the most difficult thing when you have to play during the week. We need fresh people, we will see if there are many changes.
Casualties: «Jauregizar is quite good, Oihan we are going to evaluate him today, Guruzeta trained a little better yesterday and the day before yesterday he had some more problems. “We must value all those who played the other day.”
Equipment status: «The team is physically fine, we are holding up well, I am making the rotations based on what I see. Many times, if you get the team to be well and pass tests, it is a lot of fuel, that makes you optimistic and much more active.
Valverde, about the calendar
Basque derby: «The further ahead the games get, the more difficult it is to fit them in, I haven’t followed it too much. For us it was bad to go two weeks without playing and then accumulate many games in a row.
Lost encounters: «When it comes to doing the math, we generally always look at what we have lost, no one remembers the games we have won and the rival has had arguments. “Football is a matter of getting it right.”
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