Athletic Juvenil is once again on the doorstep of the Champions Cup final. The team led by Bittor Llopis will face Betis in the semifinals, the rival they eliminated last season in the same tie and in the same setting (12 noon, Las Rozas sports city). The team led by Jon Solaun beat the Verdiblancos on June 1, 2022 (1-0, with a goal from Marín) to get the ticket to the grand final, where they lost to Barça (2-0).
This season the tables are turning. The cubs eliminated the Catalans in the quarterfinals after Lezama’s 0-0 draw and Sunday’s 1-0 draw at the Johan Cruyff stadium in the town of Sant Joan Despí, thanks to a goal scored by Meatball-Minor in the first stage. The midfielder took advantage of a great inside pass from central defender Ander Fernández to beat astrology. The rojiblancos know how to stop the local push in the second period and above all in a good one Nil Caldero.
Betis, for their part, left Valencia in the gutter with more difficulty than expected after facing a comeback with a 1-3 advantage gained in the first leg. The team that matched the cross with two goals scored before the break and when the match seemed to go to extra time, Candle He gave the pass in the final with a header and with his team playing another for the expulsion ali fadal for a very harsh entry on Assane.
The Verdiblanco team qualified for the Champions Cup as the winner of the fourth group of the Youth League. The Andalusians added 86 points after 27 wins, 5 draws and only 2 losses. They scored 82 goals and conceded 20.
lopis reviewed the match yesterday for the club’s media. “Morale is very high, sometimes you have to lower that euphoria, but we are very confident. The guys and the coaching staff are doing a fantastic job. This type of competition allows them to play against top-level teams, the best in Spain, and for these players to continue to take steps to see themselves in this type of match . As they say, it forces them to be one hundred percent, to think before every action. Every mistake can punish you”, the coach pointed out.
“Betis is a very good team, they have very good people in front, interior players with a lot of drive. This is a serious set, changing its structures. At this time any rival will be very difficult . We take on the challenge with confidence and with a great desire to see our children how they can carry the Athletic name on that stage”, he pointed out about the rival. What does it mean to win the title?: “If it is achieved in the end, it will be a huge prize for all the boys, the coaching staff and all of Lezama.”
The other semifinal will be played by Real Madrid and Las Palmas starting at half past four in the afternoon. The whites eliminated Atlético in a match where sparks flew between their two coaches, Alvaro Arbeloa and the Fernando Torreswhile the canaries did the same to Celta.
Source: La Verdad
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