The first night of the Athletic match in 2024 has ended the red-and-white team and fans are waiting for what happens in Gran Canaria. The lions did their homework in Sánchez-Pizjuán by clearly beating a Sevilla team that is going for a third coach and still has no solution to its football and qualification problems. Vesga, in the same way as last year, scored and Paredes finally debuted in the second half as a top scorer in the First Division.
The 0-2 victory in the capital of Seville left the rojiblancos, at least momentarily, in third position in the table. Barça’s result in their visit to UD Las Palmas remains unknown. The defeat at Barça allowed the Bilbao team to occupy third place on the podium of the First Division as they reached the halfway point of the championship.
The yellows took the lead on the scoreboard, but, in a similar fashion to what they experienced a few weeks earlier in San Mamés, they bowed out in extra time. Victory in the capital of Seville, in any case, leaves Athletic fourth in the table, Champions zone, tied on points with Atlético.
The bet is valid
Valverde faced the visit to Pizjuán with a double pivot who was considered the starter until he was forced to drop the squad due to injuries. Ruiz de Galarreta and Vesga once again formed a tandem in the wide zone, something that had not happened since the away visit to Montilivi on November 27, 2023. On that day, the lions were able to start drawing against the tough co-leader Girona .
All pointed to the same bet a day later, the fifteenth of the course, in San Mamés against Rayo Vallecano, but Vesga was injured in the warm-up. So Ander Herrera took his place in a match that ended in a 4-0 victory for Bilbao. This new couple was also dissolved a few days later on the occasion of leaving Granada.
There, in Los Cármenes, Valverde chose to start by betting on Galarreta and Beñat Prados. Another couple that melted a day later coincided with the visit of Atlético de Madrid to San Mamés. The center of the field is on this occasion for the young Navarrese and the veteran Ander Herrera. The lions beat the colchoneros 2-0 and the Gasteiztarra coach doubled the bet.
Yesterday, after the Christmas break, Valverde returned to his roots. Galarreta and Vesga thus regained possession at the expense of their two colleagues. The setting, the always complex Pizjuán, also weighed on Valverde’s decision in his 500th Liga game on the bench.
Source: La Verdad
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