Ter Stegen stopped Nico Williams

Nico Williams is focused on Athletic’s main doubts in the week before visiting Barça. The injured winger returned from concentration with the national team to play the matches against Scotland and Norway that qualify for the German Euro 2024. He suffered a muscle injury in his back before welcoming the Scots to La Cartuja and immediately withdrew in Bilbao.

In the first days he continued to run alone but gradually joined the group, first warming up and then fully working. Everything indicated that he would be included in the call, as it was. The smallest of Williams He was chosen to form the left wing of the attack, with his brother on the right, Sancet interior and Gorka Guruzeta on top.

Iñaki tried Ter Stegen as soon as the battle at Montjuïc began and shortly after it ended João Felix the one who hit the ball on the crossbar. First Simon made one of the saves of the first half from a shot from Fermin. It’s a game of goalkeepers. On the other side of the field, Ter Stegen He also has a lot of work. The German had to deflect a volley from Athletic’s ‘9’ for a corner and as the game approached half-time he had to show off against Nico after a good play by Lekuesubstitute for the injured Yuri Berchiche. deustuarra steals the Barça field, he drives the ball and his pass through the hole is finished with his left foot by ’11’. The German goalkeeper had to stick out his left foot to avoid a 0-1 lead in a good first half for the lions.

As soon as the second episode begins, the brothers have a good relationship. The younger one gave the ball to the older one and his left-footed shot hit the side of the net.

Lamine Yamal He had a great opportunity shortly after being relieved Oriol Romeu and then Valverde token is moved to enter Beñat Prados and Hello Ares instead Ruiz de Galarreta and Gorka Guruzeta. The young player was on the right wing of the attack in his first game of the season, Nico He continued to the left and Iñaki moved into center forward.

SA Nico He looked tired on a play where he didn’t even try to leave the sideline. Berenguer came in his place in a double substitution where he also left First Gómez through Dani Garciawith a yellow card.

The winger is fully involved despite having been out of action for days. He had a good chance at the end of the first half, but a goalkeeper of the level of Ter Stegen. Athletic brought home a good point for Bilbao thanks to the work done by another goalkeeper. Unai Simón was not measured, but he could not prevent a goal from the culé debutant Marc Guiu.

The midfielder was injured in the warm-up

Ander Herrera and Yuri returned injured

Ernesto Valverde suffered two major setbacks yesterday at Montjuïc. Ander Herrera was injured in the warm-up and Ruiz de Galarreta had to take his place in the eleven. The player from Eibar returned to the squad after missing three games (Getafe, Real Sociedad and Almería) due to a soleus injury in his left leg sustained at Mendizorrotza. The former PSG player is sure to be his replacement in these promises.
The second setback came when the game had already started. Yuri Berchiche suffered a puncture in his calf in the 22nd minute. He tried to continue, but he couldn’t. Valverde chose Lekue to take his place even though he had Imanol on the bench, the most natural replacement for the Zarautz player