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Imanol Álvarez was overjoyed at the end of the game. The suffering generated by having to overcome an adverse score for much of the match made winning the title have a more special flavor. The coach acknowledged in a press conference that “we did not manage to go out to the game as we wanted.” “It seems to me that we have played with a little fear of losing,” he said.
Of course, he appreciated the reaction of his players at half-time. “Today, more than ever, the talk at half-time has been given almost entirely by the players,” she discovered, later adding that “it was about playing to be ourselves, to emulate what we had done until now.” “We had a bit of luck in the first minutes of the second half, we got it right and we got back into the game,” she highlighted.
«We have gone out without fear of losing. The first individual defense against Danila went well and the players themselves have begun to believe in it. On a field like this and against a team like Elche you have to have the luck that we have had,” she reflected. She also stressed that “Maddi’s entry has been key. He stopped a few balls and that allowed us to get the tie in the end.
The Ermuarra believed that Elche “would have been a very worthy champion” if they had won. «They have had a great season, they have a great team and a great coach. Málaga could also have been a fair winner if they had gotten this far. What we have achieved is very difficult, because equality is maximum,” he considered.
For Álvarez this triplet “has nothing to do with the one I achieved the first year here. “Back then there wasn’t the level of competition that there is now.” «At this moment there are many more clubs that can beat you in any circumstance, home or away, and that could have been worthy of playing in this final. “It’s our turn and we are very happy,” he said.
“We are not aware”
Super Amara coach Bera Bera “did not believe that any club could win the treble.” “If you had asked me in February if I thought we could win the Cup and the League I would have told you that we didn’t know if we were going to make it to May,” he confessed. «What we have done so far, these last two months, the last ten games, has been to believe in what we were doing. The players have believed in themselves and we have had enough time and the bit of fortune that it takes to be able to turn it around.
Goals from Carmen Arroyo and Lyndie Tchaptchet have helped the San Sebastian team complete the comeback. The two players still couldn’t believe what they had achieved. “Right now we are not aware of what we have achieved,” said the woman from La Mancha, while the woman from Navarre declared herself “very euphoric.” “As time passes we will realize what we have done,” she also reflected.
With 17-11 down in the second half, Arroyo thought “that we had to lift it no matter what. “We couldn’t give up so easily.” His four converted penalties were fundamental. “I have thought less when launching them and I think that is why I marked them.”
Tchaptchet, for his part, revealed that “Imanol wanted me to come out of the six meters and also be one more in the nine meters. We understood each other very well in the game and I think he came out very well.
Finally, Maddi Aalla, who was key yesterday with her saves and who played her last game with Bera Bera, stated that “there is no better way to say goodbye. The goal changes dynamics. The team needed a couple of stops to go ahead and we have also adjusted in defense,” he explained. “None of us expected the treble at the beginning of the season,” she concluded excitedly.
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