This is one of the debates for the clash between Athletic Club and Girona to close the next day on San Mamés. Which of the two involved has more tension or more pressure due to fighting for goals?
Let’s put things in context, starting with the local team, the Biscayan team. The lions have participated in the biggest continental tournament five times, the last in the 2014/2015 season, defeating the Naples in the initial stage of the competition.
The one in Ernesto Valverde They know that, at home and against the Catalans, there is a golden opportunity to even the tables. If separated by ten points, the distance could be reduced to seven and a total of 39 points would still remain to be played. They are combined in fifth place (46 points), but beyond the distance to reach those Michaelthe prize may be about being, almost, in the middle Atlético de Madrid (48 points) and FC Barcelona (51 points).
This is an important match, at home, full of San Mamés and with the aim of gaining a place with the colchoneros, culé and ‘gironin’, although if they lose things will be more complicated because of the distance between them. Michael and because of the low probability of failure that the other two mentioned may present.
A ‘blanc-i-vermells’ appears, on the other half of the equation. The Catalan team, which has accumulated only one loss and two draws throughout the first round, has failed to win three of its last five league games. He also did not know a context covering two consecutive defeats and the defeat suffered in Santiago Bernabeu This is not a good dish.
Defeat against the lions could raise the alarm at the Girona club, which does not want to see itself fighting for the Liga title against the whites to fear for the desired place in Champions League. However, the distance of seven points will give a cushion to not be too alarmed and continue working every day to achieve the main goal, considering that the real rival is the Basque team and forgetting about the three mastodons that running through the same ecosystem. If they win again, the people of Girona could find themselves with half a foot in the Orejona contest, although not abandoning the humility they have as a basis.
The calendar marks seven events for Girona away from Montilivi (Athletic, Mallorca, Getafe, Atlético, Las Palmas, Alavés and Valencia) and seven at home (Rayo, Osasuna, Betis, Cádiz, Barça, Villarreal and Granada). If we open the page we see that the lions will play seven at home (Girona, Barça, Alavés, Villarreal, Granada, Osasuna and Seville) and seven more as guests (Betis, Las Palmas, Real Madrid, Atlético, Getafe, Celta and Rayo).
We are facing a key clash, but… Which of the two has more at stake? Who has more pressure to not lose? The debate was tabled.
Source: La Verdad
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