The best thing their rivals can do is not challenge them, because to each challenge, to each ‘no….’, they respond with “what not? Hold the ‘Aquarius’ for me”. The Royal Society is normalizing and getting used to his parish to blow up forecasts and achieve everything he aspires to. Natalie Arroyo, after the escape of ten of his main talents and most experienced footballers last summer, he did not enter any pool to access the Champions League; but they have sent the forecasts to hell, and after touching the stars last Sunday, today they can certify second place. Three years ago they staged a similar feat with the achievement of the Copa de la Reina. Everyone gave Atlético the winner. Everyone? No, a small village of day laborers of glory believed it. And he achieve it. Wednesday marks three years since the magical night of Granada.
For all these reasons, MD wanted to bring together the four survivors of the 2019 cup title, the first in the history of the txuri urdin women’s team: Iraia Iparragirre, Nerea Eizagirre, maddy Tower and Anne Etxezarreta. Adriana Nanclares he traveled, but was not part of the squad. “I think about it and it still creates butterflies in my stomach,” he evokes. Iraia. “Everything came out round,” she remarks. “I remember my family’s tears of emotion at the end of the game and I told them: ‘Don’t cry, we’ve won”, he rescues Nerea. maddy he continues to feel immense joy when looking in the rear-view mirror: “We knew that we could really win it and we executed the plan perfectly”. Anne she emphasizes that “we were not favorites and it was unforgettable because of how we fought; It will be difficult to repeat.” They all cite the final whistle as the moment of greatest ecstasy.
Ane, Iraia, Nerea and Maddi hold a scarf from Real Sociedad, the club they love
Shattering the forecasts
Then and now, the Real was not called to embrace success: “For me it was more unexpected to win the Cup”, it means Iraia. In addition, everything was much shorter and what was obtained this year, this “season”, is due to a process cooked from the beginning to the end. “There are so few occasions to do something great that everyone thinks that it will be another team that achieves it,” he points out. maddy, delighted that the Real has sneaked into this party. For Anne It is as if time had not passed, despite the fact that “the team has changed a lot”: “For me it is as if it were yesterday”. Nerea He continues to expand his resume and his diary of emotions with only 22 springs: “These are very intense years, really,” he acknowledges.
Iraia she is not being able to enjoy this success on the pitch due to her injury: “You feel a bit isolated, but when I have been well, I have contributed my grain of sand”, she points out. In her opinion, the key to good work this season has been “regularity” and never or almost never failing in those games “that seemed easier”.
Unexpected? For everyone else
For Nereathe Cup and future participation in the Champions League are the fruit of the continuous work of three decades and he points out: “A Cup title may not reflect the level you have, but being second does because you have to be very constant”.
About this present achievement, maddy stresses that it has not been a surprise in the locker room: “We believed from the first moment that we could be second after Barça”. And the passing of the days only increased that feeling. In a similar line it is expressed Anne: “Our position was supposed to be between fifth and eighth, nobody had Real, but we were convinced that we could be second”. He also remembers that “the same thing” happened in the Cup despite the fact that they were “inferior to Atlético”.
It is difficult to put a ceiling on this Real, although it will not be easy to emulate these successes in the future: “We are a skyscraper and we are still on the floors below”, is the metaphor used Iraia. “We can still grow a lot,” she bets.
The four royalists hoist a Real de MD flag
High ambition
“As long as I am here, there is beyond, of course there is beyond this,” he replies Nerea, who stayed despite having a better offer from City: “All my expectations have been fulfilled, we are a young team with a lot of potential that can be squeezed much more,” he adds. His intention is to repeat participation in the Champions League in the coming years, his dream is something else: “Hopefully one day we will be close to winning the Champions League”.
maddy his feet are more tied to the ground: “Talking about winning leagues in a competition in which Barça is indestructible is very difficult,” he clarifies when asked if it is possible to go one step further. “Maybe we won’t be second and our strong point is in the Champions League,” he adds. Anne he also prefers to fan the fire of prudence: “What I really want is for us to continue with this ambition that we have and keep the bar on results”. They already know the path and their purpose is to continue walking with strength and determination.
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