Athletic ran to the crossbar again

I’m sure they remember it. That same May, three years ago. Sevilla won in Pizjuán one to zero. That was the last game of the season. One tie is enough for Athletic to qualify for UEFA. It was the 92nd minute, and Gaizka Garitano ordered to Inigo Martinez climb to finish a corner.

At the hubbub, after the corner kick, the ball fell to Ondarrutarra, -memory I am still not nervous-, who broke it a few meters from the goal. The leather, after leaving the crossbar wobbly, bounced less than a meter from the line. against, Munir sentenced to crash. Farewell to Europe.

Along with the stubborn villalibre on the crossbar mamardashvilias well as at the discount, that he would just get another one Inaki Williamsthe same bitter aftertaste came into my mouth, the same taste of lost decisive opportunity, of elusive luck, of wasted work.

The European option is complicated after the draw against Valencia on Bordalás, another team that became an anti-football monument, after passing through Getafe. And he has the courage to complain: “My teams are criticizing everyone.” Only the ball is always the most advanced of your players, majete. If you take care, football is a mixture of Greco-Roman wrestling and courses for experts in fake pain.

Valencia suggests less than Trapatoni. In the Premier, they will not be allowed to enter stadiums. Their teams are not eligible to pay a ticket. In every dispute, in every interaction a Valencianist has fallen close to rigor mortis. They weren’t interested in the ball, it was like something that was supposed to explode, as if it had been punctured. 22 fouls in the Cup and as many in the League. This is the record in San Mamés. For your resume. And that they played nothing, what if not.