{"id":1406,"date":"2026-02-04T16:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T08:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/?p=1406"},"modified":"2026-02-04T16:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T08:21:10","slug":"attitude-was-crucial-today-gerard-martin-addresses-albacete-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/attitude-was-crucial-today-gerard-martin-addresses-albacete-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Attitude was crucial today&#8217; &#8211; Gerard Martin addresses Albacete victory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-3.png 1000w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-3-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After playing a starring role against Albacete, Gerard Martin expressed regret that FC Barcelona could not seal the victory earlier, despite believing the team showed a strong attitude from the outset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FC Barcelona defender Gerard Martin asserted that in Copa del Rey matches, like their 2-1 victory against Albacete on Tuesday, &#8220;if you don&#8217;t finishes them off early, you end up suffering.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gerard Martin emerged as the key figure in the dying minutes at the Carlos Belmonte Stadium. He initially provided an assist for Ferran Torres just before full-time, which would have extended FC Barcelona&#8217;s lead to 3-1 had the referee not disallowed the goal for offside. Moments later, he then cleared a Fran Gamez effort off the line deep into stoppage time, preventing the match from going to extra time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I was furious about the disallowed offside goal, but I was fortunate enough to clear the ball when I saw him control it and positioned myself under the goal,&#8221; he explained, reflecting on both pivotal moments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nevertheless, the &#8216;Cules&#8217; defender highlighted the team&#8217;s mentality heading into the quarter-final clash: &#8220;We knew attitude was crucial today, and that they would press us intensely. We saw what happened with Celta and Real Madrid, and we started fully focused from the first whistle.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After playing a starring role against Albacete, Gerard Martin expressed regret that FC Barcelona could not seal the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1408,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406\/revisions\/1408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}