Athletic are obliged not to fail in the remaining five League games to improve the limited chance they now have of securing a place in the Champions League at the end of the season. The distance to the fourth classified – Atlético del Cholo Simeone– Six points when there are only fifteen points left to play. You almost have to hold a plenary session and hope the mattress makers fail.
The first challenge comes this Friday with the visit of Getafe, a team that is always complicated and more than José Bordalás on the bench. Success seems important, but to do so we must change the dynamics of the past years at the Coliseum. The red and white team tied the score four times in the last visits to the field south of Madrid, 2-2 in the 22-23 season, 0-0 in the 21-22 season and 1-1 in the previous two, a a result that was not worth it in its aim to secure a place in the top continental competition once it captured the Europa League as Cup champion.
The blues won the 18-19 campaign (1-0) and to find the last red-and-white victory we have to go back to the 15-16 League, when those led by Ernesto Valverde They got the victory thanks to a goal scored by Inaki Williams after half an hour of play. On January 30, 2016. More than eight years have passed since then, although it should also be said that Getafe played in the Second Division in 16-17.
The total balance in the matches between both teams in the field of Madrid is three local wins, ten draws and five wins for the lions.
The one in Bordalas They are tenth in the Primera classification with 43 points, six away from the seventh place occupied by Betis. Therefore, they will still try to speed up their options to fight for the place of the Conference League once the permanence is mathematically guaranteed with 17 revenue units with respect to the relegation positions marked by Cádiz.
The people of Madrid won 29 of the 43 units in their stadium, 67%, after a balance of eight victories (Alavés, Osasuna, Cádiz, Almería, Valencia, Granada, Celta and Girona), five draws (Barça, Villarreal, Betis , Las Palmas and Real Sociedad) and three defeats, two of them in derbies against Rayo and Real Madrid and the third against Sevilla. Getafe were very solid on their pitch at the start of the season – they didn’t suffer their first defeat until matchday 19 against Vallecanos – but then their performance at home dipped. In their last two home games, they lost against Seville and a draw against Real Sociedad and they come into the match after beating Almería (1-3).
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.
