Athletic showed its face in Valencia. He went for the game, turned it around, had it in his hands, but two flagrant errors condemned him to take a measly point. There can be no more slip-ups that cost points. The League is very even, and every point is gold. Time is too.
Procrastinate is the favorite word of a historian friend. And of this Athletic, too. It is about that art of postponing or postponing transcendental tasks and responsibilities using other irrelevant activities as an excuse not to face, those that really have to be dealt with. It is almost a cardinal sin. Leave for tomorrow what you can do today.
The rojiblancos make one mistake after another, they promise to make amends, but they relapse again and again, without a solution to continuity. Dani
Garcia and
Unai
Simon
they have been the last to join the bandwagon of errors. I hope they close the list. The problem cannot last forever, on pain that individual failures end up sinking the collective.
Athletic, with the extensions, and even with the penalties, reached a Cup final that is also extended in time, without an expiration date, stuck in the trunk of unfulfilled dreams. The Federation also procrastinates.
It is better that when it is held we defend with more expertise than in this first third of the season. La Real rubs her hands. For now, the danger is relative. Time remains, what would the bad student say. In Liga, the caboose is still large, twelve units. Everything is still possible. But the reaction must be immediate. Today, in Valdebebas, and on Friday, against Huesca in San Mamés, there are no oversights. Losing with the Huesca would open very unappetizing scenarios. The cycle of
Garitano
It started before the Huesca, that it does not end there. The time has come to make amends.