All summer long Gaizka
Garitano has not been able to count on Yuri
Berchiche. He ended last season with a pubalgia that has forced him to take a summer preparation at his own pace, without haste. Against him Pomegranate could not be. It had no rhythm.
Gaizka
Garitano he wants to recruit him now against him Eibar. He is a player who has earned the confidence of the coach and also of the fans who want to see him again on the pitch.
The two seasons he's been in Athletic, since he was booked from Paris Saint-Germain, Yuri
Berchiche it has become a fundamental piece on the left side. Beside Cap, Yeray and Iñigo
Martinez forms a habitual defense, an alignment that the rojiblancos fans already know each other on a run.
However, on the first day of this season one of the legs of that defense was missing. On the left side he played Balenziaga. The titular theorist, Yuri
Berchiche, was also in the call for Gaizka
Garitano. Still, he didn't have a minute. He watched the whole game from the stands.
I still had no rhythm. The Zarautz player has been among cottons all summer. The last League ended it with a pubalgia, one of those ailments that weigh down the performance of the player and that are difficult to solve.
Yuri He had the option of undergoing surgery, one of the solutions that other rojiblancos have repeatedly appealed to when they have suffered this type of injury.
The option chosen to treat Yuri Berchiche's pubalgia has been a conservative treatment, without going through the operating room
In the case of Yuri, on the other hand, the medical team of the Athletic He opted for another solution, more conservative, but also taking more time.
This treatment led to the fact that, during the preseason, the winger could not participate in training with the rest of his teammates. His set-up took another rhythm. Slower, but more secure.
Gaizka
Garitano could not count on him at any time in August and Yuri he missed all the friendlies. He did not train with the group again until the same week of the league debut.
In Granada he had no minutes, but Gaizka Garitano already made him play in last week's friendly against Sevilla
It was a few days to play again. Gaizka
Garitano He took him to Granada just in case, but he didn't play for a minute. Lacking filming. In addition, it was not necessary to risk when ahead the Athletic He had two weeks until the next game as the match against him was postponed. Barcelona of the second day.
There was time to regain the sensations of playing and Yuri he has been able to take advantage of it. Last week he participated without problems in training and, on Friday, he had his first minutes of play in a friendly against him Seville.
The sensations were good. He played with his usual self-confidence and slammed a spectacular shot off the crossbar. He ended up tired. Normal after so long.
After the weekend off, he returned to training with the group on Monday. It is already one more. He has his sights set on playing again and Gaizka
Garitano awaits you like May water.
After an atypical preseason and missing the first game of the League in Pomegranate, Yuri seems ready to return to ownership. It has covered all the stages. Step by step to get as best as possible to a week in which you will be needed. Three games in eight days. The first, Sunday against him Eibar. Known terrain for Yuri.