Ernesto Valverde has presented himself in the press room of Mestalla very satisfied with the victory achieved by his team. The Athletic will be fourth at the end of the season and will play the Champions and the Super Cup next year. “We are very happy for today's game and for the result. Villarreal was going to force us. We came from playing Thursday, we have made a very competitive game, they took us with spaces but we have had chances. We have 70 points, if we think about it at the beginning of the season we do not believe it. We are fourth and in the Champions League. We are very happy. For us it is an extraordinary season,” he said.
The coach has also been asked about the note that puts him in the season. “There are no more than ten … my players always put the maximum note because they give everything. The team always turns and has incredible job. Now it is about celebrating, being happy and finishing the season well in San Mamés,” he said about the appointment against Barça of the last day that will end a great campaign.
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The coach was also coach of Valencia. “The team has thrown forward, also with a good game, and it is to be happy with the end. Valencia is a big team, with a great hobby, the players they have and those who will come … I see this as a starting point, although they have not gotten into Europe. I have always respected me here as much as I have returned.
Txingurri has analyzed the game that ended 0-1 with a goal throughout the Berenguer squad: “We had to avoid above all that they did not combine because they have taken that game output in which they play inside and take it out to play. We have applied well so as not to let them out easy and that has been able to block them at certain times.”
The coach ends contract at the end of this season. He has not yet renewed although everything indicates that he will continue one more season with the team in Champions. “When there is news you will know, soon,” he said.
