Athletic is a brackets in his intense La Liga series with four consecutive victories and is preparing this Wednesday’s European clash against Fenerbahce to the finish line. The Lions travel to Istanbul on Tuesday after training in Lezama with the juicy aim of becoming the top team in the Europa League with two days left. In these last two games, Athletic will face Besiktas and Viktoria Plzen.
It’s Valverde’s men lead the table on 13 points with Lazio and Frankfurt. The position of the teams determines Goal difference: +9 for Lazio, +7 for Athletic and +5 for Lazio. The three teams will have tough schedules and they will all face them as visitors, with Atlético opening fire against Fenerbahçe on Thursday. At 21:00, “Lazio” will meet “Ajax”, and Frankfurt – “Lyon”..
Lions bearing a impeccable trajectory and they count as wins in all their matches, apart from the opening draw they had against Roma, they accept a modest profileand. Without growing and trusting everything to effort and work. “We have moved up in the standings, which is what we are working for during training. We can’t even go down a little bit because any team in Europe can eat you” reflects Berenger.
The red-white, one of Valverde’s attacking cards, explained what it means for the team to play in the Europa League. serious options to be one of the top eight teams in the tournament “The matches in Europe are different, the teams from other countries that you don’t know that much. The opponents that we have faced so far are very physical and that’s why it was difficult for us to win. Europe gives a plus and is an additional motivation“, he added.