Osasuna’s coach, Jagoba Arrasate, faces “naturally” the final of the Copa del Rey that he plays this Saturday against Real Madrid in Seville, in which he hopes to “make the rival uncomfortable” because “if an open game comes out, with spaces , the options are reduced.
Arrasate, in the press conference prior to the training conducted at the La Cartuja stadium, said this Friday that “surely” it is the “biggest game” of his career, since “the significance is palpable”, despite which He is “calm” because he has “indications of how to win” against Real Madrid, which, “knowing his virtues”, goes by “trying to make him not comfortable”.
The Basque coach highlighted that his Madrid counterpart, the Italian Carlo Ancelotti, “is a specialist in finals and in winning them” but he does not expect surprises because “today” the teams “are highly analyzed”, so the key will be “to be clear about what a plan to carry out and carry it to perfection; it is increasingly difficult to surprise”, he pointed out.
Against Real Madrid, Arrasate is aware that “the only way to win is to play a perfect match”, for which “it will not be necessary to motivate the people” because “seeing the stands full, so much rojillo, will be enough”.
The coach from Biscay expects a “long game”, since after having “played four overtimes” in this edition of the Cup he would not “care about a fifth, but it is complicated” because “to get there” against the current European champions “you have to do many things well before, raise the bar and make it difficult for the opponent”.
Arrasate described his staff as “normal, a family” that has lived “this week like any other”, although he knows that “giving the best version may not be enough”, so he will need “the support of the people” to fulfill his double objective of “playing a great game and taking the Cup to Pamplona”.
The Osasunista coach admitted that “from the moment of qualifying” for the final “he came to mind what eleven to get” in this match “but day by day your opinion changes” as “the training sessions and the matches”, so he will try “to be as fair as possible”.