Athletic needs to reset. The rojiblancos face the game against Granada (San Mamés, 9 pm, with the GOL cameras live) with an idea between eyebrows. Being again the competitive team that was before receiving Cádiz (0-1) and visiting Levante (0-0), the last two games that have raised some concern in the rojiblanco environment.
Marcelino e Iñaki WilliamThey had to go out and apologize to the fans after losing against those of the Silver Cup and the coach assured in the press room of the Ciutat de València that they had to demand much more in attack to add three at a time.
Possible alignments in Athletic-Granada tonight
The first opportunity to improve comes today in Bilbao in the first of the six games in 27 days that the rojiblancos will play before the Christmas holidays. Athletic seeks to reconnect with that team that defeated Alavés and Villarreal at home and was better than Espanyol and Real Sociedad in Cornellà and Donostia respectively. The people of Bilbao have already created a large number of occasions at the RCDE Stadium and that was not so long ago. You have to get back on track again.
In front will be another team that occupies the lower zone, those that seem to be resisting this season. The Nasrids arrive in high demand after having conceded a win in Los Cármenes against Real Madrid, a game in which their coach, Robert Moreno, was expelled, a circumstance that will prevent him from sitting on the bench tonight.
The danger of Luis Suárez
The Andalusian team is fourth from the tail of the classification with relegation points (11), the same as Elche has, the one that opens the red zone of the table that leads to Second. Even so, they have added more at home than at home after a victory (Levante), three draws (Villarreal, Barça and Osasuna) and as many defeats (Rayo Vallecano, Celta and Espanyol). Today they will try to sour the night for the locals, especially the Colombian Luis Suarez, who has scored a third (4) of his team’s goals (12).
Marcelino He assured at the end of the match against Levante that if the chances did not come with some players it would have to be with others in reference to the substitution of the four attacking men that he started. Yesterday he said that he was only referring to that game, but in any case he did acknowledge that he will make some change in his eleven type.
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All the ballots point to the relay of Alex Berenguer, which is not going through its best moment, for Nico Williams. The youngest of the saga contributes important things every time he comes out in the second half. Another who could return to tenure in Oihan Sancet to the detriment of Raul Garcia and throwing a ‘long’ maybe the coach can place Lekue on the left side to look for more depth on that band.
The truth is that his team needs much more mordant in attack, generate more chances for goals to arrive, a deficit that is weighing down his options. It is about starting over to recover the good feelings lost in the last two games, all under the protection of San Mamés. The one from Careñes reiterated yesterday the importance of making a fort in the rojiblanco field. The classification of the team at the end of the season will depend largely on them. Keep in mind that Athletic still have another three home games left before the end of the year.
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