The Athletic Bilbao player was on the receiving end of a http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Radamel-Falcao-c30276 master class and believes the UEFA Europa League final defeat has made them stronger.
Los Leones met fellow Spanish La Liga outfit, Atletico Madrid, in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Romania-c2990 to contest the UEFA Europa League title. After starting the match with optimism, the Basque entity were undone by a mesmerizing shot by Radamel Falcao from the edge of the area, effectively tilting the match in their favour.
The Colombian international continued to cause problems for the Athletic defence and finished with a brace, while fellow South American, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Diego-c11058, finished with a goal for his creative efforts.
After facing the cruelty of defeat in the European final, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 in the Copa del Rey final, the final match of the 2011/12 Spanish top flight football season.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Markel-Susaeta-c24153 took out time to talk on the future endeavours of the San Mames-based club and claimed that they will be more dangerous in the Kings Cup final than they were against Atletico Madrid.
The 24-year-old claimed that they are more adept at handling pressure situations after their nightmare in Bucharest and believes it will help against Barcelona at the Vicente Calderon.
Susaeta added that the players cannot doubt themselves after an exciting season that saw them reach two cup finals while still evolving under Bielsa’s guidance.
"We took a lot of experience [from losing the final] and that will help us in the future," said the midfielder while talking to AS representatives.
"We started badly in the league and if we did not doubt ourselves back then, there is no place for doubt now. The team is 100 per cent confident, and we have a final coming."
"There are a lot of gaps, but [Martin] Montoya, [http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Adriano-c3773 form a world-class defence.”
"If we have played well all year and we got here, we must maintain this level. This is another type of game, Atletico is different from Barcelona."
The Copa del Rey final is scheduled for May 25 and will kick-off at 22 00 hours Central European Time at the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Calderon in the Spanish capital.
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