The game Athletic played in Vallecas left a bitter taste. The rojiblancos significantly improved their performance compared to what was offered in the last two games, against Girona in the League and Osasuna in the Cup, but they got just one point short of fighting for Europe, the goal set by the board. , coaching staff and players at the start of the season. Nico Williams he had the winner in hand in extra time, but the crossbar stopped it earlier sancet was expelled.
The heroes, included Valverde and their players Julen Agirrezabala and Yuri Berchiche, they accepted the tie, but the fact is that the Bilbao team is now four points behind the continental places set by Villarreal after their victory over Almería. This is the second longest distance in the 2022-23 League. The largest gap (5) occurred at the end of the first round, when those led by Valverde they lost in Vigo against Celta (1-0) in what was a third consecutive defeat after receiving in the derby against Real Sociedad in Anoeta (3-1) and against Real Madrid in San Mamés (0-2) in despite competing well then. Benzema open the scoring.
The lions regained the pulse of the competition with two consecutive wins in the first two games of the second round. Cádiz fell to Bilbao (4-1), with a hat trick from oihan sancet, and the following week the victim was a Valencia in a very low time (1-2). Athletic got two points after defeating the Tacita de Plata team and one after the Mestalla event.
Since then, the gap remained at two units after defeats to Atlético (1-0) and Girona (2-3) and grew to four with Vallecas’ equalizer and the yellow victory at the stadium of Los Angeles. Mediterranean Games.
Athletic have occupied the continental positions in twelve of the twenty-four days played so far. Their best position is the third place they reached on the seventh and eighth pages of the calendar when they beat Almería (4-0) and drew with the visit of Sevilla (0-0). The fourth is on three occasions (days 3, 6 and 14), fifth once (Jª 15) and sixth on six occasions (days 4, 5, 9, 10, 11 and 12).
Bilbao’s men left the European places after drawing against Osasuna at home. The team performed better and got more positive results before the break for the World Cup in Qatar and suffered more than desired in the return to the competition. Therefore, the value of the tie was added on Sunday at the Vallecano field after playing a good first half. In these cases, you always want to follow what the English average dictates to win the next home game, even if things are complicated because Barça visit San Mamés on Sunday, leaders of the Liga with a great distance from in the second place.
Source: La Verdad
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