Athletic showed on Wednesday at El Alcoraz that this is definitely not their League. The rojiblancos played one of the worst first parts since it is Marcelino on the bench of San Mamés and in the second period they were penalized by an error of Unai
Simon in a side throw of Sandro. The Bilbao team had the opportunity to draw later with a powerful shot from Unai
Lopez that forced a major intervention to Alvaro
Fernandez, but finally the three points stayed at home with justice, as the rojiblanco coach himself acknowledged at the end of the match.
In this way, the San Mamés team is left with 46 points, very meager numbers that indicate the difficulty of competing this season in the regularity tournament, both with Gaizka
Garitano on the bench as with the Asturian coach. So much so that it is the eighth worst season in Jª 36 in the League of three points per victory, the same as the 1999-00 campaign, when they had the same baggage of points at this stage of the competition with two games to go. the summer holidays.
The worst records correspond to the so-called black biennium. In the 2005-06 campaign, the lions only had 39 points. Things were even worse in the next one, with 37. The merit they had has not yet been recognized as deserved. Javier
Gracious Y Joseph
Manuel
Esnal
‘Mané’ to achieve salvation in those two years of unfortunate memory for all the rojiblanca fans.
The next with the most negative records was the 1995-96 campaign, the first with the new scoring scale. So at this point they added 40 points, while in 2017-18 and 2000-01 they had 43 and in 2012-13 and 2008-09, 44.
Balance
The current Athletic has a balance of 11 victories, 13 draws and 12 defeats, with 46 goals in favor and 39 against. The lions have been able to defeat Eibar (1-2), Levante (2-0), Sevilla (2-1), Betis (4-0), Huesca (2-0), Elche (1-0), Getafe (5-1), Cádiz (0-4), Granada (2-1), Atlético (2-1) and Sevilla (0-1); draw with Getafe (1-1), Valencia (2-2), Villarreal (1-1), Levante (1-1), Celta (0-0), Real Sociedad (1-1) and Betis (0-0 ) away and against Valencia (1-1), Villarreal (1-1), Eibar (1-1), Alavés (0-0), Valladolid (2-2) and Osasuna (2-2) at home; and they have been defeated by Granada (2-0), Cádiz (0-1), Alavés (1-0), Osasuna (1-0), Valladolid (2-1), Celta (0-2), Real Madrid ( 3-1), Real Sociedad (0-1), Barça twice (2-3 and 2-1), Atlético (2-1) and Huesca (1-0).
Garitano Y Marcelino they have similar numbers in tournament regularity. The Bilbao team added 6 wins, 3 tied on the scoreboard and 8 defeats against Derio. 21 points in the 17 league games he led this season before curiously being dismissed after beating Elche at San Mamés. His average is 1.23 points per game played.
The balance with the coach of Villaviciosa is 5 games won, 10 tied and 4 lost to add 25 points in these 19 games, at an average of 1.31 points per appointment. The current coach and his team have the opportunity to improve this statistic in the two remaining games, this next Sunday against Real Madrid in San Mamés (6.30 pm) and the next one in the visit to Elche. Athletic will become judge of the title and relegation.