Athletic was held by the wing

With just two days to go before the league match against Almería in San Mamés, Valverde is still unable to use the services of the two full-backs he was with at the start of the season in the home game against Mallorca. De Marcos has been working outside the group for a few days under the supervision of Xabi Clemente. Yuri appeared on the Lezama pitch during training last Friday, but this week he did not participate in either of the two preparatory sessions for the lions.

For now, the ‘rojiblanco’ coach solved the absence of a left-back by using the services of the versatile Iñigo Lekue. Balenziaga, the natural replacement to act as left-back in case Yuri is unable to do so, was also unavailable to the coach at the start of the competition due to injury. Zumarraga’s could be one of the alternatives that Valverde will use tomorrow against the Almeria squad if De Marcos is still not in the right physical condition and Lekue is the bet to play in his place.

Another option to consider is to keep the player from Bilbao on the left wing, leave the player from Gipuzkoa on the bench and use the services of Capa on the right side. The defender from Portugalete, in the manner and manner of what happened to him during Marcelino’s period in Bilbao, was also not counted for Valverde in the early stages of the league contest. His participation in the team was reduced to only the minutes of extension he had against Valencia in San Mamés when the coach brought him out on the pitch with Morcillo, replacing the Williams brothers.

The development of events seems to have made it clear that the almost permanent replacement of Capa with Marcelino was appropriate, because both the Asturian coach and former president Elizegi and former sports director Alkorta maintained at that time, in the coach’s standard and not in differences that arise around. the theme of its renewal. Renewal that was finally carried out by Jon Uriarte, recently came to the seat of Ibaigane.

Vivian, neither

Another one who continues without appearing on the Lezama lawn is Vivian. The central defender from Gasteiz, who missed the last match against Rayo due to a sprained ankle suffered a few days before in training, continues the recovery process. Everyone indicated that he would be ready to enter into the dynamics of the group at the beginning of this week, but it was not so.

Vesga, on the other hand, has been under Valverde’s command for several days. Another thing is that the player of Gasteiz will return to the eleven against Almería, because Dani García more than fulfilled that task in the duels against Elche and Rayo.