More difficult for Athletic

The defeat in extremis received on Sunday against Elche in San Mamés condemned Athletic to ‘More difficult’. The rojiblancos will not have to make many accounts to achieve a European place this season, the goal set by the black on white of Jon Uriarte, ernesto valverde and iker muniain in a public demonstration held in Lezama on August 10, just five days before the start of the League. It is only worth winning next Sunday at the Santiago Bernabéu and Osasuna losing or drawing against Girona at El Sadar. So the team Valverde he would be seventh with 53 points.

Any other result removes the lions from the continental battle. A draw in the white arena and the same result in the other game leaves the people of Bilbao, who lost their average in Navarrese after the 0-0 win in San Mamés and the 2-0 reception on Thursday in capital of Navarre , with goals from Budimir and Lucas Torro. An equalizer on the scoreboard and a defeat for those Jagoba Arrasate will put the Catalans ahead, who will have one more point, and qualify for the third continental competition regardless of what Rayo Vallecano and Sevilla do. those of Michael They are with the people from Madrid in individual matches (2-2 in both games) but they have a better overall goal difference and they also surpass the people of Seville in the individual average (2-1 in Montilivi and 0-2 in Sánchez Pizjuán). .

Real Madrid needs

The truth is that the difficulty of winning at the Bernabéú is compounded by the need for Real Madrid. The group of ancelotti has long said goodbye to the title -Barça was proclaimed as the mathematical champion four days before the end of the championship after defeating Espanyol in the derby played on the 14th at the RCDE Stadium in Cornellà- but the second position has not yet been certified, which it gives sports prestige and more economic income. Atlético are just one point away. The colchoneros, who added good results since returning after the World Cup in Qatar with great griezmann, they visit Villarreal, who have played nothing. The yellows will be fifth at the end of the season. They can’t catch fourth-placed Real Sociedad, who sealed a Champions League spot on Sunday despite losing at the Metropolitano, and have a four-point lead over sixth-placed Betis. Fourth, fifth and sixth place will not change hands no matter what happens on the final day.

Around 6:30 pm

The resolution for the second and seventh positions will be known around 8:30 pm next Sunday after the decision adopted by LaLiga to apply two time slots on the last day. The first at 6:30 pm for the European matches (Mallorca-Rayo, Real Sociedad-Sevilla, Real Madrid-Athletic, Villarreal-Atlético and Osasuna-Girona) and the second at nine in the evening for the relegation commitments at stake (Betis- Valencia, Celta-Barça, Valladolid-Getafe, Elche-Cádiz and Espanyol-Almería). The only thing left to decide is the third team that dropped to Second once the relegations of Elche were completed a few days ago and Espanyol, confirmed on Sunday after drawing against Valencia at the Mestalla. The Parakeets are four points adrift of safety marked by Celta with a game to play. It was undoubtedly an afternoon of old-fashioned transistors.