The heroes of 1984, members of Javier Clemente’s squad, joined this red-and-white party and that hall of honor to start the match with a powerful image that will go down in the history of the Bilbao club. From there, back to the harsh reality.
Ernesto Valverde, in Lezama during the preview of the clash against the yellows, said that we have to gradually descend from the clouds to continue fighting for the Champions League spot. Cuadra Fernández is responsible for puncturing the balloon with his incompetence. I don’t remember a bad referee many years ago.
Not in vain, if memory serves, the Madrid referee assigned to the Balearic Committee got the loudest whistle heard so far in the new red-and-white stadium as soon as he finished the match.
It is difficult to make mistakes in all the actions of the match based on pure statistics, but the native of Madrid, assigned to the Balearic Committee, I insist, has the ability. It didn’t set the tone for either team, although it clearly hurt the Lions. Between his uncanny mistakes and his lack of personality against Hernández Maeso on VAR, he ruined a match that didn’t seem too complicated to execute given the existing sportsmanship between the two opponents. He put the rope around his own neck and tightened it.
As I understand football, neither of the two penalties awarded to Athletic should have been called. It is true that Prados can avoid the stomp, but Baena has already released the ball and is not even interfering with the play. If you whistle that, you should point out a hundred maximum penalties every game and they’ll never do that.
Law of compensation
While he whistled and reprimanded the Navarrese midfielder of Athletic for the first time, in a similar game as soon as the second half started he had to give Comesaña the second for another stomp, in his case on Prados himself, in the middle of field. An unfair dismissal in my opinion, but condemned by the bar who himself set the start of the fight.
Yuri’s hand shot by Baena himself in the extension time there is not even anywhere to grab it. The ball hit the armpit of the red and white defender after his leg bounced in a natural gesture as he would go to the ground to block the rival’s shot.
The VAR braid also wanted part of its fame at Athletic’s cup party to celebrate the Cup title after 40 years and Cuadra Fernández’s lack of personality in imposing the logic of the green ended in a scandal at La Catedral. A performance like this deserves a freezer rather than a refrigerator. Unbelievable but true.
The best thing about the game is Valverde’s ambition to bet on a gala ‘eleven’ after a week full of tributes and celebrations, including the Barge ride, and made it clear that the season is not amortized despite the win in the Cup and earn a ticket to Europe. The Gasteiztarran coach put everything on the line from kick-off.
I don’t know if this will give Athletic the chance to snatch the Champions League place from Atlético de Madrid, who are now four points away, but it showed that they will try until the end. For now, they maintain fifth place, seven ahead of Real.
Source: La Verdad
I am Shawn Partain, a journalist and content creator working for the Today Times Live. I specialize in sports journalism, writing articles that cover major sporting events and news stories. With a passion for storytelling and an eye for detail, I strive to be accurate and insightful in my work.
