Athletic is left with a single competition at stake. The lions were defeated yesterday at Mestalla by 1-0, with a great goal from Gonçalo Guedesand now they only have the League as a way to achieve a European position at the end of the season, the goal set at the beginning of the course to return to travel through the old continent after four years without doing so.
Valencia was better. He knew how to play his game, especially in the second half to defend the goal scored by the Portuguese, a so-called psychological goal because he arrived just before the break.
Now the team of Marcelino he has to entrust everything to the regularity tournament. The lions have twelve games left to finish the campaign, seven at home (Levante this coming Monday, Getafe, Elche, Celta, Atlético, Valencia and Osasuna) and five away (Betis, Villarreal, Cádiz, Granada and Seville).
In addition, Athletic will not play the Super Cup in 2023, as it has done in the last two years. The tournament that will also be played in Saudi Arabia will be played by the first two of the League and the two finalists of the Cup.
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