Arrasate: "We have all five senses at Atlético de Madrid"

MADRID, 28 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Osasuna's coach, Jagoba Arrasate, has assured that, despite the euphoria of reaching the Copa del Rey semifinals, they are "with all five senses" focused on this Sunday's match against Atlético de Madrid, a rival who they are given "fatal" and before which they hope to break their "curse".

"This team has shown that it changes the chip quickly, that the draw is on Monday instead of Friday helps us. We are with all five senses thinking about Atlético de Madrid, because we are going to need our best version to get a good result "He declared at a press conference.

In addition, the coach of the Navarrese team explained that "to stop this type of team" they must do "almost everything right, be the protagonists, have the ball and insist." "In these games, as is being shown, the changes are almost as important or more, and we have to play with that a bit. We know that we have to play with the freshness of the people, knowing that someone is still there for 45 minutes or a half hour," he said.

In this sense, he recalled that the rojiblancos are "one of the best teams" and that they are "fatal so far". "This year we are breaking some curse and we hope that this one is also broken. We know who we are facing, they have just played a great game at the Bernabéu; they have the priority of getting into the top four, because they have no other competition, and we know It's going to be difficult. If we are at our level we are a difficult opponent", he indicated.

The Biscayan coach believes that Diego Pablo Simeone's team has been "an irregular team in the first round", but that "now they are in a good moment". "I see few weaknesses. They come from playing a good game at the Bernabéu, they come from beating Valladolid easily at home... They are in that good moment, with people with a lot of confidence. They will have weaknesses as long as we exploit our strengths," he said. .

"What we were good at, they were the best: intensity, vertical game... This year we have some more record that helps us in the positional attack, but also in the way of defending. The state of mind also helps. If we combine All this I think we can be optimistic with facing a team that has always been bad for us", he continued.

Regarding the victory in extra time against Sevilla in the Cup quarterfinals (2-1), Arrasate acknowledged that it was "a great joy for all the rojillos". "What we have experienced is very nice, but this does not stop and we do not want to stop there. We are doing a great league and what we want is to finish the first round in the best way tomorrow," he said.

He also assured that they are "fine", recovering "from the effort" and "looking forward". "We have a very complicated and beautiful game and we are going to see how we are. We are in good spirits, but our legs are a little tighter, but we have that support from the fans again, which is very important," he explained.

"We have 18 games against and 17 goals against, since we are in the First Division it is the first time that we have fewer goals against than games. We defend better because we have more ball and we defend with the ball too, this year we have seen an improvement", ended.