Athletic very comfortably fulfilled the requirement of the calendar in the first seven days: add a good cushion of points against rivals a priori affordable and considering that five games are at home. The lions won in Valencia, Cádiz, Elche, Rayo and Almería, drew with Mallorca and lost to Espanyol in a match where a draw would have been fairest. 16 points from a possible 21 ahead of the October test, with Valverde in no doubt about Friday’s qualification as ‘The cotton test’.
The calendar hardens from this Saturday, with the visit to Sevilla of Lopetegui. Then it’s time for Atlético to face San Mamés and visit Getafe and Barça in succession before closing the month with Villarreal’s visit to Bilbao. It will be a good test to measure if this Athletic can also compete against stronger rivals.
Source: La Verdad
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