An Alavés save tools due to a mistake by the Murgia goalkeeper on Joan Jordán’s goal. The Athletic goalkeeper himself admitted at the end of the match that he could have “done better”.
His return to competition against Elfsborg ended with victory at San Mamés and a clean sheet against a poor rival that hardly asked for an international goalkeeper. In Gasteiz, the locals did not struggle either, but the level of poverty increased. Simón provided security on aerial balls and except for one slip on his foot. He also has no problem playing the ball off the ground. The mole came with Guridi’s shot that he couldn’t save and left for dead inside his own area for Jordán to finish if he wanted.
The red and white goalkeeper could have hidden behind the fact that it was a dry shot, with a forest of legs between them that prevented him from seeing the ball until the last moment, which was the case, but the truth was not he. good when it comes to blocking the ball and ends up in a tie. No warm cloths.
Live with mistakes
In football, as in life, you have to live with mistakes. Whether we like it or not, it happens and we have to admit it. It is not about hiding, but about relativizing it to prevent the presence of two good goalkeepers from becoming a problem because a raw debate has developed on the subject. Everyone will have their preference, of course, but we cannot allow a social fracture with this because the important thing here is that the team plays, no matter who plays.
Goalkeeping has become a hot potato for Ernesto Valverde. It is true that they are almost always right because they are two goalkeepers of the highest level, but when they go wrong, as with Mendizorrotza, the goalkeeping debate will intensify. It is inevitable.
On Saturday the football year closes in Iruña against Osasuna and I am convinced that Simón will remain in the team despite that mistake against the Babazorro team. I think the red-and-white coach already had it in mind, and if he didn’t, surely he changed his mind so that the red-and-white international goalkeeper would not be left on the bench. Let’s not forget that Julen Agirrezabala started the season with some failures and is growing in playing matches, logically.
Let’s be happy to have two goalkeepers who can be starters and let’s not look for problems where they exist for the good of Athletic.
Source: La Verdad
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