There’s no escaping this point in the game that Valverde and Iraola have had a special bond over the years. The now Athletic coach boasts an excellent winger and right-handed interior since both defended the colors of the rojiblanco youth. The now Rayo coach, for his part, has always been his professional colleague as one of the references at bench level.
The proposals of these two teams, as shown yesterday, are not too different. Iraola is a very famous team. Even with Valverde. Both performed their respective maneuvers yesterday, but there was no room for surprises. Not on one side or the other. If perhaps one should wonder why Iraola did not get Falcao on the pitch, one of the strikers who almost always faced Athletic “shows” him.
The Bilbao team, in general, was superior to Vallecano, but the game was open until almost the final whistle. The more the locals press, the better the chance that the visiting team will have to settle the contest through Nico Williams. It is true that before the break the opposite happened with a shot on the post by Álvaro García. The two participants made it clear, in other words, that dominating and confining the rival around their own territory is not the same as stopping suffering.
all in black
Athletic, as expected, knew how to wink at Iribar for his 80th birthday on a day when most goalkeepers, both in professional football and in bronze and even in school football, wore black. eleven lions who jumped on the grass of Vallecas wearing the shirt from the retro collection designed by Ibaigane as a tribute to Txopo. The black man has shone since then with both goals, as both Dimitrievski and Agirrezabala joined the initiative that emerged from the ibaigane entity.
The young Athletic goalkeeper also saved the game by deflecting a fairly close shot from Trejo that bounced a short distance away from him off RDT’s leg. A good hand, without a doubt, followed immediately by Raúl de Tomás himself.
Valverde, Iraola, Iribar… There were so many historical figures yesterday in everyone’s mind in the duel in Vallecas. A duel that ended with all Athletic fans remembering the referee on duty for the red card shown to Sancet. The worst thing is to listen to all the defenders of such excessive punishment. Standard difference.
Source: La Verdad
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