**Club Statement: **

Ernesto Valverde will held the press conference before the match.

OPPONENT

Congratulations to the team for winning the Copa del Rey. I worked there and I know what this title means to them. I know what they are like, and when they have to go to war they go to war. Next Sunday they will play and run as we are accustomed to.

…NICO WILLIAMS

We could all see that he would be a player who was going to make a difference, either in Athletic if he stayed as his brother or in any team if the parties decided. There is no plan to stop it, we have to defend very well and also attack very well.

…INJURY REPORT

We have the loss of Coquelin, who has had a puncture in the back of his thigh. Reina is training progressively, but we don't know if he will be there for this match. Alfonso is already there. Foyth and Bailly aren't going to be there yet. More or less what we were against Atlético de Madrid with the return of those suspended and possibly Ramón Terrats will also join. With Pedraza and with Alberto Moreno it allows us to play the way we want to play. Now with them it allows us to have greater versatility in the team.

…ABOUT THE MATCH

Since we arrived here we have not played 4-4-2. It is a 4-4-2 but in defence. Some use it with an extreme, others with an interior... But you have one organisation to defend and another to attack.