Sara Monforte: “We need to go for the match”
Sara Monforte: “We need to go for the match”

Villarreal Women face Athletic Club this weekend in an mimportant match in their quest for survival (Saturday, 6pm CEST)

Villarreal Women head coach Sara Monforte has spoken ahead of the clash against Athletic Club this Saturday (6pm CEST).

Here is what she had to say

The climb

“As Miguel Álvarez said yesterday, this is a club. We have to look at Villarreal B, who are having an incredible season and, above all, the games at the end of the season, and they are sure to stay up. And the first team are a reflection of the work that is going on. This week, we have to focus on that too, and hopefully next season we can all three teams will be at the top level again.”

An Athletic Club on a great run

“They are having an incredible season. They have a lot of young players, but they are performing brilliantly. They’re playing really well and, above all, they’re really admirable. We have to go there to go for the game, to make it difficult for them and to score.Athletic are also playing for things, because they are four games in hand. We, knowing that it’s a very difficult game, can’t afford not to get anything there.”

The keys to the game

“Athletic are a team that have conceded few goals and that makes them very dangerous. They also have dangerous players in attack like Nahikari and Clara Pinedo. They are a very complete team. We will have to defend very well, cover their backs very well, close down their inside play and try to catch them in transitions, or even steal the ball so that they have to defend at many moments. The set pieces will also be very dangerous and will define and decide the game.”

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