Athletic has to put an end to it in Getafe

Athletic did not win at the Santiago Bernabéu and did not even draw, but it did come back after three games in which it had lowered its level. Real Madrid was better in the first twenty minutes of the game, but from then on the tables turned and the best football corresponded to the lions, who had up to eight clear scoring opportunities to have scratched a point in the worst case scenario. . Iñaki Williams twice, Raul garcia, Dani Garcia, Nuñez, Sancet, Vesga and Yeray they were not right before Courteous, the best on the local side, and they returned empty to Bilbao having made more than enough merits for the opposite.

The defeat at the White Coliseum brings to six the number of games without a win for the team led by Marcelino Garcia Toral, his worst league streak since he took over the San Mamés bench as soon as he started the year 2021, which already has few sheets left on the calendar.

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The lions began this series by drawing at Espanyol’s home, in a match that deserved the victory, and in the Anoeta derby. In the end, everyone accepted the point achieved against Real, but if there was a team that won the three points, it was the visitor. The following day came the backfire against Cádiz, the worst game so far in the 2021-22 League, and the draws against Levante, the Ciutat de València and Granada at home. The team improved its performance compared to that offered against those of the Silver Cup, but without becoming that competitive team that it had previously shown.

For this, the appointment played last Wednesday at Paseo de la Castellana had to arrive. The people from Bilbao showed themselves as a strong team, capable of being better than the leader of the competition. Only the lack of a goal and bad luck prevented a triumph that would have served to break the bad streak and regain confidence before facing the final stretch of the year, with four games until December 22, when they again have to play against the meringues. , this time in San Mamés.

2020-21 season

In this period, Athletic has added 4 points out of 18 possible. The series that comes closest with Marcelino Coaching occurred last season between March and April, when they added five points also in six games after losing against Atlético at the Wanda Metropolitano and later drawing with Celta, Real Sociedad and Betis at home and against Eibar and Alavés at home. . The victory came in the seventh match, against the colchoneros in Bilbao in the match day 32 played on April 25.

The opportunity to break the current slump comes tomorrow at the Alfonso Pérez Coliseum in Getafe. A priori it seems like a good place to change the trend, but with Athletic you never know because he tends to give his best against the big boys and puncture against the theoretically weaker ones. This has been the case in recent days. They have added much fewer points than expected against Cádiz, Levante and Granada, teams that occupy the lower zone of the classification, and yet they have given the call at home to Real and Madrid, who are in the top positions.

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The team led by Quique Sánchez Flores occupies the penultimate position with 10 points, three more than bottom Levante. The Madrilenians have a balance of two victories, four draws and nine defeats, with 10 goals in favor and 12 against. It is the team with the fewest goals scored. They are followed in this ranking by the fact that no one wants to lead Alavés and Elche, with 12, and Athletic, Cádiz and Levante (13). The numbers clearly reflect the limited capacity for filmmakers from Bilbao.

Getafe has added seven of the ten points that reflect their locker in their stadium thanks to the victories against Espanyol (2-1) and Cádiz (4-0) and the tie with Real Sociedad. Sevilla (0-1), Elche (0-1), Atlético (1-2) and Celta won the Coliseum, which Athletic will try to do tomorrow after a month and a half without knowing the victory. It’s time now.