Paredes’ second good chance at Athletic

Aitor Paredes He is facing his second good chance. Everything indicates that the man from Bilbao will take over Dani Vivian on Sunday against Girona. The gasteiztarra saw the fifth card of his first cycle in the Metropolitano and therefore must fulfill a penalty match. In this situation, ’31’ from Athletic would match Yes on the rear axis. Another option, to return inigo martinezIt will be a real surprise. The Ondarroa native is already working with the group, but he still needs a significant period of filming to get one hundred percent. Valverde He confirmed on Saturday that he now has to do a sort of mini preseason to get into the rhythm of the game. It looks so premature that it could be from the game against the Catalans. At most, he can enter the call.

Walls You know what it’s like to play a full game this season. And this is not just any game. He played ninety minutes of the match against Real Madrid at San Mamés, on that occasion pairing with They lived due to the fall Yeswas harshly sent off in the Anoeta derby for fighting over the Japanese ball Take Kubo. Barakaldo assured in the interview given to MD on January 27 that it was not a foul or a penalty or a red card.

Walls He made an impression playing a large number of matches in the rojiblanco first team jersey in his first start as a lion. “Good fight. No one missed Yes. He defended judiciously and created danger from the set piece”, said 1-1 published on both pages. “I don’t think my match was bad. I felt supported by the whole team, ni i lived, type, simon… for all the people around me to help the group and do the best I know”, the star himself said at the end of the meeting.

Until the game against the Whites, he had only accumulated 45 minutes in the league in four games, all of them coming off the bench: Rayo Vallecano and Almería at home and Cádiz and Real Sociedad away. And then he played another two, against Valencia at the Mestalla and on Sunday against Atlético, as a substitute to play in the final minutes. Before the colchoneros were relieved Yes so he can’t be sent off because he already has a yellow card.

In front of him he has one of the best strikers in the world, Karim Benzema, a player who moves all over the front of the attack, making it harder for a centre-back to score than an old-fashioned striker who rarely leaves the area. The man from Bilbao did not complicate his life in the first minutes by passing easily to the sides or to his goalkeeper. In the 11th minute, he even finished off a beautiful cross with a header. Zarraga forced Courtois to draw a good hand and soon after blocked a shot of Benzema that he will go to the goal.

The defender put in a great game and no doubt got the credit he needed to start again against Girona. Txingurri showed his confidence in his player in the Metropolitan press room. “Walls it’s fine,” he said.