Who could analyze the performance of Ruben White, the Celta goalkeeper, watching Friday's match against Athletic in San Mamés? Mission practically impossible. When to Gaizka Garitano, who acknowledged that they had manufactured fewer occasions than other days, was asked about the exchange of shots with those of the Chacho CoudetHe replied that “they have shot six and we have shot ten more than them.” But, the truth is that none of the rojiblancos pitches was between the three sticks of the blue goal. Those who were closest were Muniain, Vesga and Berenguer, but they did not find it. The lions attack urgently needs a GPS to point them in the right direction. Towards the goal that wins games.
One of the consequences of staying dry against those of Vigo is that the Bilbao team added their fifth clash, in eleven days that they have played, without being able to score a target. And, as in the past, due to some circumstances or others, there is no longer that armor that they could boast of a long time ago with the Derio technician, the result in these cases has always been that of defeat. It has happened in appointments with Granada (2-0), Cádiz (0-1), Alavés (1-0), Osasuna (1-0) and Celta (0-2).
Against those of Balaídos, the lions did not shoot between the three suits, but it was not the first time this had happened to them this season. Those of Garitano they also suffered this badly with Alavés in Mendizorroza. After the final whistle in the San Mamés game against the Galicians, this accident of not finishing on goal was something that had only happened to another First team this season, to Cádiz, in their clashes with Villarreal and Real Sociedad. But what happened to the people of Cadiz is proving to be an exercise in brutal efficiency. With 11 goals in favor and 13 against, they have collected 18 points and are climbing to the fifth position of the table. Yellow reveal.
Right now, Athletic accumulates 150 minutes in a row without shooting at the goal by making the rival goalkeeper intervene. The 90 against Celta plus 60 from the previous match against Getafe (1-1) at the Alfonso Pérez Coliseum. The rojiblanco team is focused on the requirement of a goal, an effectiveness, which it does not have. And it is that in the 11 games he has played, he has only shot between the three clubs on 39 occasions. Calculator in hand, an average of 3.54 for each function.
The celestial goalkeeper Ruben White He managed to leave Bilbao with a clean sheet for the second time in his career in an official match. The first was in January 2015, another 0-2, by the way with a Celta led by Eduardo Berizzo in a Cup clash. With that of Friday, it is the sixth time that the Vigo team has gone without conceding in 63 official appointments. The goalkeeper born in Mos (Pontevedra) appears in this list along with four other illustrious Balaídos team who also achieved it: Cañizares, Dutruel, Cavallero and Pinto. A part of this collection of statistical data put on the table is the work of Adurizpedia and @pedritonumeros.
And, continuing with the zeros, that's how Athletic's goal count remained so far this season. It presents a balance of 12 targets in favor and 12 against. The first surplus of the season obtained with the 4-0 at the expense of Betis has lasted a sigh, erasing his deficit with a stroke of the pen. With the second poker league of Garitano after that 1-4 to Valladolid last year. But with its wider difference. The previous rojiblanco match with a victory by four goals was until that day that of Ernesto Valverde (5-1) to UD Las Palmas in April 2017.
Those of Garitano They appeared in the match with the Verdiblancos with seven goals in favor and nine against (-2). They made it 11-9. With Getafe they tied at one (12-10) and after falling with Celta, their own hits and hits received have been matched. The rojiblancos began fighting against the red numbers from the first league match with their defeat (2-0) in Granada. It must be remembered that in the last 2019-20 season, Athletic closed the year with a small surplus, with 41 goals in favor and 38 against. And the previous 2018-19 with a slight debt, with 41 targets made and 45 received. The same as in 2017-18, with 41 goals for and 49 against. Now, with those 12 goals in favor in the league, there are a dozen teams that have a higher score. Targets.