With the 4-0 on Monday against Betis in San Mamés, Garitano he managed to draw on the table his second poker in the league on the Athletic bench. The first was achieved last season with the victory (1-4) against Valladolid at the Nuevo Zorrilla. But what the Derio coach has now achieved is his maximum advantage in a match.
Until this league clash with the set of Pellegrini, the last in which Athletic had won by four goals was with Ernesto Valverde. A 5-1 achieved at the expense of UD Las Palmas on April 14, 2017. That night, Saint Joseph opened the marker and Muniain he stretched it to 2-0 in the first nine minutes of play. Bigas shortened distances and Aduriz he made 3-1 shortly after the quarter hour. In the second part, they again saw door Aduriz and Muniain. Doublets
Back to Garitano, which has now achieved its best difference in the League, with that 1-4 in Pucela last March, it had equaled its greatest distance, also obtained in the 2019-20 season, when they beat Espanyol (3-0), with doublet of Muniain and both in own goal of Victor Gomez.
The strongest triumph with Garitano, now dethroned, was manufactured on March 8, 2020 in the Nuevo Zorrilla. The last meeting before the stoppage due to the coronavirus pandemic. In that clash with the Blanquivioletas, it was Unai Lopez the one who opened fire very early, in minute 4 of the game, with a direct free kick with which he beat Masip and that, in addition, it supposed the baptism as a striker in First of the midfielder. The 0-2 was the work of Raul Garcia, in minute 24, culminating in an action that began with the opening of Sancet to the left side for a Cordova that was vindicating itself in those days. The winger put a good center in the area and the Navarrese finished off with an impeccable head, beating Salisu in the air battle.
The store Sandro they cut distances (1-2) in minute 77 and the rojiblancos sentenced in the last bars of the match. Williams established the 1-3, in the 88th minute, taking advantage of a bad transfer of Salisu in a long ball. The Bilbao striker went ahead of the goalkeeper Masip and a couple of defenses, Pedro Porro and Kiko Olivas, They tried to put out that fire with no luck. And the final 1-4 carried the rubric of Cordova, with the right, hunting a bad clearance of Salisu at the edge of the area after a center of Dani Garcia from the right flank. Diana with a cross shot.
Garitano it did obtain a 0-4 in the Cup in its debut in the 2018-19 season against Huesca, with doublets of Aduriz and Williams. The lions had already won 4-0 in the first leg of the round of 32 against the Huesca, but with Eduardo Berizzo in front.