Athletic adds and continues. The red and white remain fourth in the qualifying table with 36 points, but they moved two from the second place occupied by Barça thanks to yesterday’s victory against Osasuna at El Sadar and the defeat of the culé against Atlético in Montjuïc. The colchoneros are now the sole leader of the Primera (41) and they also have one less game as the lions and azulgranas have already played in the match that equals Jª 19 for the Super Cup dispute in January.
The distance to second place in the standings could change this afternoon depending on what Real Madrid do against Sevilla at the Santiago Bernabéu. Whites have 37 units. If they win they are second out of 40. The team Valverde six ahead of fifth-placed Mallorca, who also beat Getafe (0-1).
The Bilbao team has put together an impressive streak of fourteen games without defeat between the Liga and the Europa League, ten of them in the first competition, with six wins (Espanyol, Real Sociedad, Rayo Vallecano, Real Madrid, Villarreal and Osasuna) and four draws (Mallorca, Betis, Valladolid and Alavés).
The first half of yesterday’s clash ended in a 1-1 draw in a heated match, much to the delight of any spectator. The best opportunities are on the red and white side, though First Simon He made a fantastic save from a point-blank shot by Aimar Oroz.
Nico Williams He excelled as soon as he started with two good details of quality, a backheel from a pass from his brother and a pass from the outside that was finished. Guruzeta. They were Athletic’s best moments, but the first of two controversial games came before the break. The ball clearly hit his hand putting on shoes on another shot by the international against Ghana, but the referee, instead of calling a penalty, pointed out a previous foul by Galarretta.
Four minutes later the second one arrived. Quintero González pointed out the lack of Nico about Kike Barja which is really a violation of the red winger. Play ended with a volley from Lucas Torro that surprised First Simon to make it 1-0.
Athletic reacted with a great pass from the right wing of Iñaki that’s over Gorka Guruzeta go straight to the networks Herrera scoring times of the best striker. 1-1 in the 31st minute. There was still the intervention of the Murgia goalkeeper, his first good stop of the 24-25 season.
The second half started in the worst possible way, with an injury of Oihan Sancet. Herrera saved 1-2 with a good intervention on a point-blank shot by ‘Gurugol’, but the goal came from Berenguer which allowed the Lions to add three more points before a well-deserved break. The team will return to work on the 28th to prepare for the Cup match against UD Logroñés, the third competition at stake.
Source: La Verdad
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