The preparation for Saturday's match against Valencia continues. Athletic has trained behind closed doors in Lezama with a ‘signing’. Asier Villalibre, who had exercised on the sidelines on Monday and Tuesday, has returned to work with the group as one more as has been seen in the images provided by the club.
The Gernika striker, who started in the last three games against Betis, Getafe – who scored a goal – and Celta, had been apart due to a muscular overload. Although it was already known that his problem was not important and that he could be available for the Mestalla appointment. Something confirmed. Now, it will be necessary to see if Garitano He keeps him in the eleven or changes pieces after what happened in the second half at the Alfonso Pérez Coliseum and with Celta in San Mamés.
For now, the only doubt that existed in the rojiblanco team is cleared up, assuming that Yuri He will be part of the game again, since he trains normally, despite the scare against Celta, a sequel to Covid-19. Nolaskoain He is the only one ruled out for an ankle problem. The lions will have another two sessions before the Valencia appointment. The one in the morning, at 10.30 a.m. and open, and the one on Friday, at 11.30 a.m. behind closed doors, with a prior press conference of Garitano.