Land of claims for Athletic

Now that the rival is very touched, much more than it seemed given his collective and organizational seriousness, it seems that the New José Zorrilla It could be a scenario to make the victory against Sevilla good and reinforce the irregular rojiblanca march with the league break just around the corner. The Valladolid he is lame on goal, with possibly limited confidence, but he will be an opponent who calls tomorrow's game final. With that tension you can play little that the Athletic know how to handle it; With that presumed nervousness you can get a slice. The stadium has been conducive to lions and for the display of some of them in recent times, for claims with historical weight.

For example, Muniain In 2009, at the age of 16, he scored his first goal in the league competition to get a draw at 2 in a most strange match –Llorente he was removed from the field on a stretcher, for example-; last year OR
nai Lopez He did the same with a little more than a decade of difference and a flag goal with a free-kick from the edge of the area.

In that same meeting Cordova he made his second goal in the league after the one he scored against Villarreal. The left-handed winger closed the account with his right hand shortly after he did so. Williams taking slice of a clear pucelano defensive error. And in that first part Raul Garcia He also joined the party with a head to pass precisely from Cordova.

A streak that lasts

The veteran Navarrese player will seek in Zorrilla to scare away the bad moment he is going through, since he has nine matches without scoring and is approaching his worst streak, which was harvested in the 2018/19 season, in which he chained up to 13 games without be able to wet. After doing so against Betis, he was left blank against Villarreal, Barça, Real Sociedad, Eibar, Rayo Vallecano, Valencia, Espanyol, Atlético de Madrid, Getafe, Levante, Girona, Alavés and Valladolid. It was in Anoeta where he finally left his mark in the Bilbao defeat. In other exercises he has also chained ten games without hitting the target.

Williams celebrates rojiblanco's third goal in Pucela this year
Williams celebrates rojiblanco's third goal in Pucela this year

Since the double against Levante on July 12 of this year, Raul Garcia he does not score and it is too much for the one who was the team's top scorer last season. It's almost four months of waiting, with the preseason in between.

In addition, he was relieved at 54 minutes against Sevilla, something unusual. In Valladolid you can resume the scoring pulse to increase the benefits of a trident that seems to point to a better performance: Muniain marked the Hispanics coming off the bench and Williams gave a luxury assistance to Sancet from the left shortly after scoring Levante.

With panthers and buffalo

The ‘panther’ seems to be recovering his physical tone and with it his game, making good friends with Villalibre, as happened against Sevilla and weeks ago against Eibar. In both cases, his going out to the field paid off. In Ipurua the score was 1-1 and ended 1-2; in Bilbao, he entered in the 54th minute with 0-1 and ended up coming back.

Unai López made his debut as a scorer in Zorrilla
Unai López made his debut as a scorer in Zorrilla

By the way, the ‘buffalo’ returns to one of what has been his homes in the form of assignments: in the 17/18 campaign he played a total of 14 league games as a Blanquivioleta footballer, without a single goal to put in his mouth. Perhaps fate will bring him a fulfilling satisfaction tomorrow in Pucela, as well as Raul Garcia in a scenario that offered various claims. Maybe it will be seen together from the start to Williams and Villalibre and the sensations of eight months ago are revived.