The Athletic Bilbao youth academy graduate made his third La Liga appearance for the Basque club, claiming that he is ready to contend for a first team place.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gorka-Iraizoz-c15189, was sidelined with injury for their La Liga match against Malaga at the San Mames. The 24-year-old gave a good account of his abilities and left the pitch in high
spirits.
Reflecting on his hard to come by appearance for Los Leones, Fernandez claimed that he is ready to make the step up and contend with Iraizoz for a regular berth.
The modest shot-stopper lamented the situation he got his third La Liga outing, nevertheless asserted that he is ready to whenever he is called up for action.
“Unfortunately I had to play because of an injury to a teammate but my http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 is to be ready when that happens and I’m ready to continue in the side,” he said while talking to Mundo Deportivo.
Athletic Bilbao celebrated legendary goalkeeper Jose Angel Iribar ahead of fixture to mark his 50-year association with the San Mames based entity. Fernandez claimed that it made the day even more special for him, adding that Iribar wished him before the
domestic game.
“I’ve not played at San Mames for a long time so it was fantastic to be able to greet him and he wished me a lot of luck,” Raul commented.
Analyzing the details of the match, Fernandez claimed that both Los Leones and the travelling Malaga team had a lot of respect for each other, something that attributed to the goalless draw.
Despite the fact that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Athletic-Club-c38535 got off the pitch with an equal share of the spoils, the Bilbao number 13 revealed that he was pleased with their performance. However, he lamented that the Basque outfit’s inability to score a goal to take all three points
on offer.
Fernandez also had words of praise for their rivals, especially highlighting the pace of Malaga’s counterattacks.
“As for the match, both teams had a lot of respect for each other. Malaga are very fast on the counter-attack and we had to be able to stop that.”
“However, I was satisfied with how we played and I’m just sorry that we couldn’t have got a goal to have taken all three points.”
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