Athletic left everything in Getafe’s half

Two points less or one more. Reading the match played yesterday between Getafe and Athletic, like laughter, goes through the neighborhoods. Valverde’s team had everything in their favor to return to winning ways, but Quique Sánchez Flores’ team were on top.

Nothing new at the Coliseum. Last night’s match between the Azulones and Leones was pretty much the same as last season. With more goals than usual, it is possible, but with the feeling that the Bilbao team cannot control the situation. To win in this situation, it is necessary, in addition to taking advantage of some of the opportunities created, to know how to keep a clean sheet or almost. It is a difficult goal, if not impossible, to see the solvency offered yesterday by the rojiblanco restraint system.

After Raúl García’s goal, which made a move against Getafe, the only thing left was to endure without receiving another goal against. When Munir’s entry into the pitch was announced from the wing, more than one began to fear the worst. Something similar happened on this same stage years ago with the now Majorcan artist Ángel for not returning to the distant past of Pachón.

The Spanish-Moroccan almost took four minutes to beat Unai Simón. Another notch to add to Athletic’s goals list with the various clubs he has played for throughout his career. It all started with Barça in the 2015-16 campaign, he continued with Alavés two seasons later, in 2018-19 he scored a goal as a Barça player and another as a striker for Sevilla, in 2019-20 he repeated his luck in The team of Seville and yesterday he premiered in Getafe, his first goal as an azulón.

Valverde’s team, with 2 points in the last 9 contested, is deflated in the table. Defeat, yes, has never been lost away from home so far in the League. It is something.