With the 0-2 victory at Mestalla, Athletic reached a dozen league games this season, leaving their goal to zero. All with the signature of Unai Simon under sticks, backed by the lions' great defensive work. In addition, those of Garitano They broke several statistics of those of Mestalla in this meeting.
Unai Simon he only had to make a stop at the Valencian fief. But it was in its place when it had to be. With 0-0 on the scoreboard, a loss of Dani Garcia in the 6th minute, he fired a shot from Guedes. Athletic's ‘1’ flew with a stretch to deflect it.
In that duel on the banks of the Turia, the rojiblancos made the Levantines stay without seeing goal for the third consecutive time, since they came from not scoring against Eibar (1-0) and Villarreal (2-0), two appointments in which nor did they shoot at the door. Che, who had always scored in home games like Betis, had not suffered this drought since January 2008, with Ronald Koeman as a coach.
In addition to the Valencia clash, the Atletico team has also locked their goal in eleven other league games against Barça (1-0), Real Sociedad (2-0), Mallorca (0-0), Alavés (2-0) , Espanyol (3-0), Villarreal (0-0), Granada (2-0), Eibar (0-0), Real Madrid (0-0), Villarreal (1-0) and Betis (1-0) . And Murgia's goalkeeper adds two Cups with Barça (1-0) in the quarters and Granada (1-0) in the semifinals.
In the six games in the return to competition after the break due to the coronavirus crisis, Athletic have managed to dry up two rivals, Valencia and Betis. One outside and one in San Mamés. Even if Unai Simon He has been leaving his mark on all his performances, showing great shape. Confirming what he said he wanted to “fly and stop.” The team also acts as a great protective shield.
Against Mallorca (3-1), above all, he was seen bossy with his back, activating them when they got confused at the time of markings in the strategy actions. In the discount he drew his usual stop, in a point-blank shot of Take Kubo.
At the Camp Nou (1-0), after a placid first half, already in the second, he got on quickly with Griezmann, that he was alone. He left no room for 'Little Prince' and forced him to throw the doll. In another, he stopped the firing of Vidal and, immediately afterwards, he allied himself with his left post in the rejection hunted by Ansu Fati.
In the victory against Betis, he won a heads-up against Borja Iglesias, took the ball off the line in an unlikely way in a shot from Fekir, was enlarged in the penalty so that Channels threw it out and, in the discount, deflected a foul thrown by Fekir to the squad.
Against Atlético de Madrid (1-1), he made a great double stop against Lodi and Arias, avoiding in the end what could have been the 1-2. And in Eibar, he had a great intervention in a lack of Cote and another in an opportunity to Sergi Enrich. The League dedicated a video to him a few days ago, commenting that his campaign was being “a blessed folly.”