Asier Villalibre, hero of Athletic with the goal that sent the final to extra time and won the Basque team tonight against Barcelona, considers that the red card shown to Lionel Messi, precisely for an aggression against the red and white striker, "has been a clear aggression".

"I got in his way so he wouldn't move forward, he got angry and it seemed like a clear aggression to me," explained an action that he sees as "normal" as it happened at the end of the match and with the team losing, something that he believes "could happen" to any player.

"In the end, it's normal, that frustration, that minute and losing a player can frustrate you, someone can tell you to get up and that it was nothing, but it's normal, anyone would do it and it's okay," said Villalibre, who also doesn't think that "we have to get into controversies" when pointed out about Barcelona's complaints about the number of fouls committed by Athletic, he said "all teams commit fouls and the key is not to give up."

Other than that, in the Athletic's dressing room, they are "very happy" and "overflowing with happiness". "We came for it and we deserved this Cup. We never gave up at any moment, and that's the most important thing, the character of the team that we have shown and we have taken the victory," highlighted the 'Buffalo' from Gernika. EFE