Athletic beat Chivas in the first leg of the Gernika Tree Trophy (2-0)

Euskaraz irakurri: Athleticek Chivas garaitu du Gernikako Arbola Sariaren joaneko depart (2-0)

Athletic Club beat Mexican Chivas 2-0with goals from Alex Berenguer Y oihan sancetin the friendly match played in San Mamés that was the first leg of the new Tree of Gernika Trophy that will be resolved on July 16, 2023 at the Akron stadium in the capital of Jalisco.

It took time for the game to pick up pace in a first part in which Athletic always had the initiative. A long shot from Pavel Pérez after eight minutes was practically the only approach before the break for Paunovic’s team, who had a lot of trouble avoiding the high pressure from Ernesto Valverde’s men.

It was also difficult for Athletic to generate near the Chivas area until, after a robbery in the center of the field, Asier Villalibre looked for the back behind to put a good ball that Alex Berenguerthe most active member of Athletic, took the opportunity to overcome with a cross shot to Miguel Jimenez.

The Mexicans accused the 1-0 and Athletic had a couple more chances to have increased the score, one of villalibre in the 32 and another in a header of Yeray alvarez in 43both disrupted by Jiménez.

At the restart, Valverde’s men maintained the initiative and at minute 58 Gilberto Orozco, in a good defensive action, prevented Morcillo from triggering what could have been Bilbao’s second goal.

A 2-0 who came just a minute later in a great shot from the edge of oihan sancet. Who, totally unbranded, adjusted the ball to the stick right out of Jimenez’s reach.

Not even the carousel of changes in the second half, in which the two teams completely varied their starting eleven, changed the dynamics of the match in the final stretch.

Data sheet:

2 – Athletic Club: Julen Agirrezabala; Oscar de Marcos, Yeray Álvarez, Iñigo Martínez, Yuri Berchiche; Dani Garcia, Mikel Vesga; Jon Morcillo, Iker Muniain, Alex Berenguer and Asier Villalibre.

The second half was played by Agirrezabala (Aitor Iru, m.75); Ander Capa, Aitor Paredes, Dani Vivian, Mikel Balenziaga; Vesga (Unai Vencedor, m.62), Oier Zarraga; Berenguer (Gorka Guruzeta, m.75), Oihan Sancet, Morcillo (Iñigo Lekue, m.62) and Raúl García.

0.- CD Guadalajara: Miguel Jiménez, Alan Mozo, Gilberto Sepúlveda, Gilberto Orozco, Alejandro Mayorga, Sergio Flores, Rubén González, Pavel Pérez, Carlos Cisneros, Zahid Muñoz and Santiago Ormeño.

Fernando Beltrán, Eduardo Torres, Luis Olivas, Luis Puente, Jesús Angulo, Jesús Sánchez, Antonio Briseño, André Marioni and Raúl Rangel also played in the second half.

Goals: 1-0, m.29: Berenguer. 2-0, m.59: Sancet.

Referee: Pablo González Fuertes (Asturian Committee). No reprimands.