The shadow of the technician Marcelino Garcia He has been flying over the San Mamés bench for several weeks. The same as Gaizka Garitano He has been overcoming the match balls that are presented to him and that the Asturian stands out, denying contacts and ensuring that his priority is to work outside the League. This weekend there is a great crossroads with all these pieces.
Athletic travels to Mestalla, where Marcelino, who has also passed through Sevilla and Villarreal in the First Division among others, emerged victorious at the head of Valencia in their two consecutive duels against the lions. One before Kuko ziganda and another before his own Garitano.
In the first of them, in the 2017-18 campaign, the squad that took the victory with a 3-2. Ziganda raised a serious meeting, with the team well planted and armed with a 4-1-4-1, with Saint Joseph anchor, to face the traditional 4-4-2 that handles Marcelino in your script. The problem was the successive shots in the foot that the lions were taking.
The first goal, of Zaza in the 27th minute, it was preceded by a bad exit of the ball from Lekue, used for a quick action of punishment. The second, in minute 34, after an unnecessary penalty of Kepa to Rodrigo, transformed by Equal. Aduriz, who was a substitute, scored 2-1 at game time. He put the Valencians in fear in the body, Nuñez had the 2-2 in his head. But a new error came from Kepa in an exit and Rodrigo signed 3-1. Raúl García, who also started on the bench, scored the final 3-2.
The second clash was that of the 2018-19 campaign, with a 2-0 favorable to those of Marcelino against Athletic de Garitano. At minute 10, Raul Garcia was the subject of a penalty by Diakhaby. But neither the collegiate Medié Jiménez neither the VAR granted it. The rojiblancos fell, above all, due to a bad second half, the correction of the technician who opened the field more after the break giving wings to his team and the lack of punch from Bilbao.
The 1-0, in minute 49, came behind a wall between Santi Mina and Rodrigo, culminated by the second with a zapatata. The second, in minute 89, was the work of Gameiro, after a play made by the Valencians, opening to the right flank and from there centering the area so that only the striker could finish.
In the past academic year 2019-20 everything changed. Those of Garitano 0-2 to the team trained then by Voro, again fire extinguisher che. The doublet of Raul Garcia He also cut a losing poker game against Valencia at the Mestalla. They had accumulated three from the League and one from the Europa League.
Raul Garcia He launched his first warning very early and, on the second, he did not forgive in the 13th minute. Muniain he stole the wallet from Kondogbia In a horizontal pass, he opened for Williams to the right and the '22' rojiblanco, after passing to the heart of the Bilbao area, beat Cillesen with his assurance of a matador.
As soon as the second half started, it was Cordova the one who took the ball from Equal. Raul Garcia A far left-footed shot was then removed from the sleeve that ended up in the meshes of the Valencian goal. Golazo. Missile. It was his thirteenth target. He still looked for the hat trick, which ultimately did not come.
It was also the particular tribute to the killer Aduriz. He had already announced his retirement, the clash took place in July, he was present at the Mestalla and was also honored by Valencia, a club in which he spent two seasons. He received a framed photograph celebrating one of his goals in the local colors. “Even without an audience, I have very good memories in this farewell to Mestalla. Thanks for the detail and for what has been lived and learned at Valencia. Amunt! ”, The striker himself posted on his twitter account.