Eibar surfs a wave of good results. Good defensive work is being key. Three clean sheets in the last five games, since Luca Zidane began to take over the goal from Arma. “The goalkeeper is there to stop and try to keep a clean sheet, but he is not the only one responsible just as the striker is not the only one responsible for winning, it’s everyone’s job”, affirmed the French goalkeeper. Luca also appreciated the qualifying situation: “We are up there, in the fight for where we want to be at the end of the season. The group is very close and let’s all go together The results may be better or worse, but the line to follow is this”.
On a personal level, the former Rayo player showed himself “I am happy with the continuity and regularity that I need and am having”, something that he considers the result of working “every day to improve, because I know that I still have many things to improve”. Facing the remainder of the season, he declared “very ambitious” with the intention of helping the team regularly to achieve the objectives. “As a group they have welcomed me very well, both my teammates, the coaching staff and the fans. I am very grateful to the club for how they are behaving with me and I am very comfortable here. Whether things go well or badly, the player will give everything when you see so many people behind you. It’s always good and it helps you perform much better, ”he stressed about his good adaptation to the Ipurua team.
25One of the greatest qualities of Luca Zidane is undoubtedly his masterful footwork: “For me the goalkeeper is one more. More in football now. The goalkeeper is very important to get the ball out. I value it a lot.” A virtue that he could have inherited from his father Zinedine Zidane. Far from following in his father’s footsteps, he chose to be a goalkeeper. A decision that Luca detailed: “From the outside it is strange, but in the family we know why it was. When I played with my older brother Enzo, I always had to go to the goal because I was the youngest, so I took it myself and I have continued until now.”. About the advice and impressions that Zizou conveys to him, he insisted: “Like every father, glad that he is playing. From the outside it is true that you see him differently, but for me he is my father and he is very happy. He tells me that I have to train and work very hard to reach my goals.”
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Now, the next appointment in the league calendar will be at home, where their benefits have clearly improved: “We have taken a step forward away from home. We must continue like this, try to get as many points as possible away and at home continue in this vein. It is true that We are a bit lacking in front of goal, but the team is solid and convinced of what it does”. Regarding the rival, Luca placed Cartagena as a direct rival for the playoff “because we have spent many days and they are still there doing things very well.” Even so, they will face it like any other game and with the desire to make good the Ipurua point: “We focus more on ourselves than on the rival. Although we know that they are going to make things difficult for us. We are working this week for this game and we are convinced that it will turn out well. The mentality of the team away from home is a clean sheet, start from that base, and then try to find solutions to take the games to us”.