“I hope it won’t be long. It is something small and we hope to have it in one of the four games, but we cannot guarantee it”. This is how Valverde responded before moving to Almería to the question about Muniain’s physical condition. The rojiblanco captain, who after playing a few minutes against Real did not return to training with his teammates on the pitch, suffers, according to the medical report prepared by Athletic itself, “a muscle injury in the left soleus .”
We will have to wait and see how the Navarrese will evolve in the coming days, as three consecutive games await the lions in a week. This Thursday they will receive a visit from Sevilla in San Mamés, next Monday they have to visit Mallorca and three days later, also at the rojiblanco stadium, comes the match against Betis. Valverde, from the beginning, had to turn his head to look for alternatives for the midfield because of the casualties facing the commitment of Vesga and Zarraga this week. Both card accumulations will be penalized.
Good vibes
After last Saturday’s victory in Almería, the lions trained yesterday morning at the Lezama facilities. The preparation session started with a little joke on Mikel Balenziaga from the rest of the ‘gang’. Some time ago; Valverde assured in a press conference that the left-back, who will not continue in the rojiblanca discipline next season, is “a jewel with a full crown”, an expression he repeated recently.
At the beginning of yesterday’s session, the rojiblanco coach himself, in the presence of almost the entire squad, delivered a photographic montage to Balenziaga in which he appeared collecting the ballon d’or under the title “Balen de oro”.
Source: La Verdad
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