You have to go back to the 75th minute of the league match played at Montilivi on November 4 to find the last goal against Athletic conceded. Iván Martín then signed the provisional 2-0 of the league clash which ended in Girona winning against the lions 2-1. In eight subsequent games, rojiblanca’s goal was kept zero.
Four of these commitments are official, the other half are friendlies carried out during the competitive break caused by the World Cup in Qatar. Of the non-friendly matches, two correspond to the League championship and the other two to the first Cup qualifiers. Both Unai Simón, Agirrezabala and Ander Iru, when they had to participate in the winter preseason, knew how to keep a clean sheet.
Until last Thursday’s visit to Villamarín there was another common denominator in the matches played by Valverde’s team, a denominator that reached two games before the 3-0 win in San Mamés against Valladolid that served to start the this is a good run for defense time. Athletic, in addition to leaving their goal to zero, has the ability to drill the opposition. In the field of Betis, however, he failed to see the goal.
It all started against Valladolid
The aforementioned good run, in short, began with Valladolid’s league visit to San Mamés. The Valverdes prevailed on November 8 by 3-0. A few days later, in their cup debut, they eliminated Alzira by winning 0-2.
This KO tournament clash gave way to a two-week winter break prompted by the World Cup in Qatar. Valverde, back at work, proposed four friendlies that resulted in victories: 2-0 against Valladolid in Miranda, 2-0 against Chivas de Guadalajara in San Mamés, 0-3 against Burgos in El Plantío and 0-1 to Udinese in Italy.
The return to competition coincides with the second round of the Cup. The lions visit Las Llanas to face Sestao Rivero. Raúl García’s lone goal was enough and Athletic had plenty to pass the round.
The reunion in the League took place on Thursday in Villamarín. Valverde’s men, as has been the case since commenting on the defeat in Montilivi, kept a clean sheet thanks, among other things, to the outstanding performance of Unai Simón. The difference with previous promises is that the rojiblancos also did not reach the target in the opposite setting.
Source: La Verdad
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