Valverde repeated his lineup for the fourth consecutive day. The board reflected this with the starting eleven of Athletic and Rayo Vallecano. When the lions’ warm-up was about to end, the surprise came.
First in the form of Vesga’s rapid retreat. Then on to a full-speed warm-up by Ander Herrera. The man from Gasteiz was injured on the grass of San Mamés and the man from Bilbao was called by the red-and-white coach with signs of urgency.
Anyone outside of this past event cannot understand this forced change. Due to the progress of the match, the truth was that the forced changes made by Valverde were not noticed. belt
The former United and PSG midfielder, without diminishing the work usually done by his teammate with Ruiz de Galarreta in the double pivot, started to play and made people play from the moment the referee gave the first whistle. Ander Herrera left evidence of his knowledge of how to be and do as a footballer. From the start, they almost always play one touch and hardly ever venture into the pass. There was even one shot where he was able to shoot on goal and preferred to effect another drop shot on a teammate joining from the wing.
Experience, they say, is a degree and yesterday the Bilbao midfielder clearly knows how to work with ease and poise also away from the rival area. In fact, Herrera was on many occasions the reference for the first passing of Athletic’s two centre-backs. Galarreta, another with quality and skill, knows how to cooperate in the distribution of tasks with Sancet and even Guruzeta, who is always ready to help to find ways to access the opposing goal.
Full match
The man from Bilbao must have felt so good physically and at the level of football that he stayed on the grass for the whole game. This time he was not replaced, nor was he replaced, nor did he have to follow the progress of the match from the bench, the stands or even from his home. A good chunk of Athletic’s creative football against Rayo pivoted on Ander Herrera. The man from Bilbao is one of those footballers who has the ability to make the difficult look easy.
The work done by Guruzeta is also worth highlighting. The San Sebastian player scored again, which also opened the scoring, and worked with perseverance and a sense of teamwork against the Vallecan defense. Williams and Sancet usually take advantage of their moves with and without the ball. Dull work, but effective.
Source: La Verdad
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