The reason why Valverde avoided the promotion call-up against Girona was discovered about an hour and a half before the start of the San Mamés clash: Nico Williams was injured. The Navarrese winger, as announced by the club itself with the lions in San Mamés, suffered a “sprain of the internal lateral ligament of his right knee” during the last training session. The rojiblanco coach downplayed this casualty, however, after downplaying the accident as “a blow to the knee the other day”.
The truth is that without the little boy from the Williams family ready to compete, the coach from Gasteiz chose to have his brother play against the Girona team as a right-handed winger. Guruzeta, unlike the previous clash at home when the bet for nine was Raúl García, was the chosen center forward on this occasion.
This initial plan did not convince the Athletic coach for the second half. In the 1-3 match, Valverde left the San Sebastian player in the locker room to bet on Navarrese. Along with a relay that comes with a surprise, because at the same time that Agirrezabala himself is being carried out, he is running towards the goal of Bilbao instead of Unai Simón.
The international goal was injured in the first half of the match against Girona. “The goalkeeper suffers an injury to his right Achilles tendon and will undergo more tests in the next few hours,” read the corresponding medical report. More wood.
With Agirrezabala making his own save to avoid a 1-4 draw, Athletic found themselves in a position with Berenguer as a right winger with Muni on the left and Raúl García behind Iñaki Williams. neither. The meeting setting has not changed.
Lekue, from the middle
Surprise jumped again a few minutes later. Yeray, with muscular discomfort, was replaced by Lekue. The Bilbao winger, surprisingly, continued to act as a central defender. Valverde burned his last ship in just over ten minutes, giving simultaneous entry to the missing in action Capa and Morcillo.
The Amorebieta winger, who despite being left-handed played on the right, lasted only a few minutes on the grass level. In a bad fall after jumping with a rival, he broke his left clavicle. Athletic’s ailments, however, did not end there.
Raúl García, according to the club’s own details, ended the match with a “sprain of the left acromioclavicular joint.” Unbelievable, but true, ‘What a Week!
Source: La Verdad
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