The Nico Williams Tournament

Nico Williams face your favorite contest. The Navarrese winger scored three of the seven goals he scored as a first-team player in the Cup. He has scored many in Liga, all of them this season, and the rest came in the Super Cup semifinal against Atlético Madrid on January 13 last year. He played 51 matches in regularity tournament, 6 in KO and 2 in Super Cup.

The youngest of the legends debuted his account as a lion in the first Cup tie played last season, with Marcelino Garcia Toral at the bank. It was January 6th. He then took advantage of a pass from Inigo Lekue from the left wing to control with the right and beat the Mancha Real goal with the left. It’s 20 minutes. At the end of the break, he controlled a good inside pass from Mikel Vesga to hit one-on-one matches lopito. Then came the goal scored in Saudi Arabia and he did not see the goal again until this season in league victories against Elche (1-4), Rayo Vallecano (3-2) and Almería (4-0 ) harvested for three consecutive days, from the fifth to the seventh.

His last goal was also scored in the KO tournament on November 13 in Alzira. He picked up the ball placed by Berenguer from the left wing to make the final 0-2 that gave a pass to the next round, where Sestao River awaits.

Nico Williams is a regular of ernesto valverde this season, usually playing on the right wing, although he has also lined up on the left with his brother on the other side, for example on Thursday against Betis at Benito Villamarín.

Athletic’s ’11’ is the fourth lion in league minutes with 1,162 behind first simon (1,350), Inaki (1,220) and From Marcos (1,168). That offers an idea of ​​the importance he has taken on the team, which can also be seen in other very important statistics in football today. He offered three assists in the regularity tournament and took two penalties, one missed by his brother against Cádiz and the second scored oihan sancet against Elche.