Liga Santander: Alavs punishes an Athletic without ambition | LaLiga Santander 2019

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To explain the game of Athletic in Mendizorroza, it may be enough to say that his goal came thanks to a lucky mistake. And that the two marked by the Alavs two football actions in which active collaboration of the opposing defense is essential for them to be successful came in a penalty and a distant indirect free. This is the depressing reality that the rojiblanco painting lives that, outside the purpura of the Copa del Rey, he crawls through the League without indications that the immediate future will be better. Add four consecutive defeats in the domestic championship and a total of 10 days without knowing the victory. Europe, a dozen points, is already a chimera and Gariz Gaizka A figure that wobbles.

Maybe I did not deserve to lose the rojiblanco team, because although their merits were scarce, so were those of the Alavs. But it was defeat the punishment I found before a absolute racanera and to the unusual satisfaction with which his coach watched the meeting from the bench. Despite his bad streak and the Alavs did not generate danger, did not make changes until the 75th minute. And in the last of them, five of the end, he opted to remove from the field Williams to put in Larrazabal, a band player without minutes in the League for more than two months. Opt the technician to passively contemplate the advent of the final whistle and along the way he met Ely's goal in the discount that snatched that point with which he seemed so happy.

The happiness then broke out in Mendizorroza for an Alavs who simply had to wait, with hardly any trouble, for his chance to come and that with the victory he already left the descent to eight points. An unexpected end to a duel that had begun crooked for Asier Garitano's. After a quarter of an hour, Athletic played in short a frontal foul, whose last recipient was Vesga I was waiting on the front of the area. The alavs auctioned off with the fortune of finding behind him Ral Garca, whose left foot was stuck to the stick. It was Navarro's first goal, penalties on the sidelines, since August.

Beyond a good header from JoseluAthletic seemed to have controlled the game, in a first half more dynamic than what would be expected given the appearance of both teams. It happened, however, that Yeray decided to make the matter spicy by committing an absurd penalty on Aleix Vidal that Lucas Prez transform into elempate one. The duel became pestoso thereafter, with Athletic ruling the ball but without having the capacity to generate danger. The closest thing was a slight grip of Ximo Navarro to the Muniain shirt that stops Mateu Lahoz I did not deserve to be worthy of a penalty.

Athletic shouted more ambition, but his coach stopped her with his inaction. Vesga see life go by, as usual, without contributing in attack or defense. Muniain, in turn, cried out for a partner in the core that would allow him to disregard the construction of the game and move closer to danger zones. Unai Lpez wanted to jump into the field without asking, knowing that everyone would agree with his decision. But nothing. The draw was a good harvest for his coach until he ran out of it. He and the entire defense was anticipated in a frontal foul dumped in the discount and everything went to the badge for Athletic.