It ran the minute 14 in Getafe. The Athletic was winning 0-1. Unai Simon received a ball from Iñigo Martinez, the centrals opened up, the wingers advanced their positions and Victor went down to ask for the leather. He had two rivals escorting him, one on each side, and a third who closed another pass line. In another time the ball would have gone back to the goalkeeper to play long and the rojiblancos went to war.
But it doesn't go in the DNA of Rekalde. He turned around, knowing there was room, and steered the ball. A simple movement that says a lot about the way of understanding the football of Victor. He broke the first pressure line in a simple way. A gesture for hope in the Athletic. It was a compromised area of the field of play, against an opponent who breathes your breath into the neck and being the fifth game as the midfielder's lion. It was not easy to make the decision and he dared … because he has it internalized.
The presence of Victor causes a change of roles. It offers more ball output, obviously, and the opposite does not focus so much on Iñigo. Vesga It seems to have found its space, without having to assume so much possession, it can lower itself more. Muniain does not go as low and allows you to be closer to Williams, Berenguer Y Villalibre. This does not mean that now Dani Garcia disappear from the map. It will continue to be necessary, if it recovers its usual level, because it has a tactical intelligence like few others. In fact, he was missed in the last third of the match in Getafe.
Even though Garitano say there are not so many differences, is another Athletic. The coach gave continuity to the eleven that thrashed the Betis in a scenario as disparate as the Coliseum. This is the first time this course has been out of script. That, in itself, is already a difference. The plan worked in the first part. In the second, the Bilbao team quite renounced their proposal. It is true that the Getafe he squeezed more, but the lions tried to rase less. It was not ideal, but you start with something.