Athletic’s distance to Europe remains at five points

Athletic are still five points behind Europe, the same distance as the day before after an unfair defeat to Barça in San Mamés. The lions placed two behind the sixth place that would currently allow them to play in the Conference League after beating Valladolid at Zorrilla on Friday (1-3), but the gap widened to five with Villarreal’s victory in the El Sadar, game that just ended.

The yellow team took the lead in the first half with a goal from chukwueze with the knee after a big cross from the left of Pedraza. The rojillos deserved a draw in the second half, but the one that sentenced the game was the Castellón team with two goals from Morales in minutes 87 and 93. The striker took advantage of a pass error from Moncayola to throw a long ball from about 40 meters that surprises a forward Aitor Fernandez at 0-2 and then he came very well to introduce the ball that was placed almost an empty goal Jeremy Pino.

The result of the other game that Athletic looked up to was not very helpful either. Betis beat Mallorca at Benito Villamarín and therefore the gap to fifth place in the Europa League remains nine points.

At least the team Valverde Yes, it has recovered positions. He was ninth at the end of the twenty-fifth day and is now seventh, a position that could also give the right to travel to the old continent next season depending on the winner of the Cup. The lions overcame Rayo, who could not pass yesterday’s two-goal tie against Girona in Vallecas, and the team led by Jagoba Arrasate. Osasuna has not won since the 1-0 loss against Athletic in the first leg of the semifinal of the KO tournament, with a draw against Celta at home (0-0) and two defeats against Valencia (1-0) and about this afternoon against Villarreal.