Now Athletic have a chance to get back into the fight for a place in the Champions League. The lions, who face UD Las Palmas in the early hours, will go to the yellow stadium knowing the defeat suffered yesterday by Atlético de Madrid, fourth in the table, in Cádiz. At this time before the clash between García Pimienta’s team and Valverde’s team, the colchoneros had a five-point advantage over the Bilbao team.
To find the last victory in the Athletic League in the Gran Canaria fiefdom, in any case, we have to go back to the 1986-87 season when those led from the bench by Iribar beat the locals 1-2 with goals from to Sarriugarte, which was a few years later. be coach of the rojiblanco first team, and Txirri. In that championship, the Primera was divided into three play-offs at the end of the regular competition and the lions only competed in the relegation game with five other opponents.
Since then, Las Palmas and Athletic have met first in the old Insular and then in the new Gran Canaria on six occasions through the Liga. Bilbao’s record there since then is three losses and as many. The last two visits, by the way, ended in a local victory: 3-1 in 2016-17 with Valverde himself on the bench and 1-0 in 2017-18 with Ziganda as coach.
Pressure from behind
Athletic should also look in the rearview mirror when it comes to league classification. At the expense of what Betis will do tomorrow in Villamarín against Marcelino’s Villarreal, the lions already know in advance that Real are sixth in the table with seven points less and a defeat this afternoon will allow UD Las Palmas to continue level on points with Valencia.
Source: La Verdad
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