The Basque coach later added: “I would like it to be so, but we don’t want to take risks.”

Ernesto Valverde, the coach of Athletic Bilbao, spoke at a press conference on the eve of the league match against Atletico Madrid, which is scheduled at Riyadh Air Metropolitano in Madrid. During the meeting with the media, the coach addressed various topics, from the team’s ambitions in La Liga to the management of the squad in preparation for the Europa League match against Roma, not to mention the injury of Oihan Sancet. In response to a query about possible rotations ahead of the double confrontations against the Yellow-Reds, Valverde wanted to specify, “We’re coming off a week without games, and then we will have five days of recovery. There’s ample time to recover properly, but we’ll see.” Subsequently, the Spanish coach dwelled on the possible absence of his playmaker in the first leg at the Olympico: “No matter how much we talk about Oihan’s injury, he won’t recover earlier. I don’t know if he will be in Rome, I would like him to be there, but we don’t want to take risks”. You didn’t provide a text to translate. Please provide one so that I can assist you.