Friday, October 11, 2024, 18:24
After linking two consecutive defeats and leaving a few sensations on the green, Amorebieta seeks to give itself joy in another duel that will put two teams in need in the fray. Because if the blues are in a delicate situation, that of their rival this Sunday (Balaídos, 5:30 p.m.) is no less so. Celta Fortuna shares relegation places with Urritxe, although with one more point in their locker. Urritxe’s men need to recover from the latest blows received and raise their heads, recover the path seen in the first league duels and rediscover the goal definitively, their great pending task.
Only three goals in seven days is a poor balance that Julen Guerrero and his team are trying to add to. «We have been working on it for weeks, the fact of getting to the top, generating chances, shooting on goal and having that success. We are on the way to it, it is not due to work,” says the Portuguese coach of the blues. «We lack that, in the last meters or near the rival area, to be successful in the opportunities we have. Above all, in the first minutes, that later gives you some peace of mind for the rest of the game,” he argues.
That is precisely the other problem that Amorebieta is showing, that every blow received is accusing him excessively, almost to the point of running out of the ability to respond. “You are in this dynamic and accusations are made,” Julen Guerrero admits with a certain dose of resignation. «There is no doubt that the start of the season is weighing you down a bit. But this changes at any moment,” he says optimistically. “The important thing is that the team continues to maintain confidence in the work and in what it does.”
Manage emotions
In this sense, the head of the Urritxe bench is clear that to get out of this slump they need to “have that point of calm so as not to do crazy things” as a result of urgency or haste. «We must be calm, knowing what we have to do in defense and attack, where and when. “That’s what we’ve been working on during the week.”
That order will be vital in the duel at Balaídos, a field with significantly larger dimensions than Urritxe in which Celta Fortuna will also seek to regain victory. “They are not very high in scoring, but they are doing things well, they are good players,” Guerrero graphically describes. «They play well, they don’t lose the ball, they know how to play between the lines… if you lose your cool and are not aggressive in the areas where you should be, it can make it very difficult for you. It is a team that is on an upward trajectory and we know what we are going to find. We will try to counteract it,” he says.
To do this, they will seek to return to the initial formula which consists of “being protagonists, trying to be ourselves, knowing that in front of us we will have a rival who also likes to be.” “We have to calm that anxiety,” Guerrero emphasizes, because the light blue reserve team is “a team that knows how to handle the ball, takes it from one side to the other… they try to dislodge you.” Therefore, “we must have the necessary unity to go for Sunday’s game,” he says.
