Athletic achieves its first victory of the preseason after beating Mexican Necaxa 0-2
He Athletic Club has managed to prevail by two goals in the friendly match of the Centenary Cup disputed this morning before the Necaxa Mexican at the Victoria Stadium in Aguascalientes. This result assumes the first victory of the preseason for Valverde’s men, after the defeat against Chivas de Guadalajara in the second leg of the Tree of Gernika Trophy.
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— Athletic Club (@AthleticClub) July 20, 2023
With Simón, Petxarroman, Vivian, Vesga, Lekue, De Galarreta, Herrera, Williams, Muniain, Berenguer and García As the rojiblancos’ starting eleven, the first half ended with a 0-0 draw, despite the fact that Williams and Galarreta had two clear chances to break the score. Valverde has opted to make multiple changes and this has been the team that has jumped onto the field in the second half: Simón, Rincón, Nolaskoain, Prados, Morcillo, Vencedor, Unai Gómez, Adu, Ares, Guruzeta, Nico Serrano and Martón.
Unbeatable debut for Martón
the rookie javi marton He has signed the two goals of the match, which the people of Bilbao have dominated. The first came in the 48th minute, when the Navarrese striker took advantage of a goalkeeper’s mistake to send the ball crossed into the back of the net.
Martón, to make his debut as a red-and-white?
Athletic is ahead!
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— Athletic Club (@AthleticClub) July 20, 2023
After several unsuccessful occasions by both teams, it was in the 74th minute when, once again, Javi Martón, due to a mistake in the defense, did not forgive and made it 0-2 definitive.
Martón double!
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— Athletic Club (@AthleticClub) July 20, 2023
The lions have played with one less in the last 9 minutes, since Peru Nolaskoain has been sent off after being booked with the second yellow card in the 81st minute of the game. Nico Williams, for his part, had to retire in the 40th minute due to a left thigh injury.
Homophobic insults to Unai Simón
The match was stopped for two minutes due to offensive chants, including the term “puto”, coming from a sector of the local fans located in the stands of the most radical supporters. Despite the announcements over the public address system to stop the insults, some fans have continued, which is why the referee has made the decision to stop the game.
Data sheet
0 – Necaxar: Unsain, Formiliano, Alcántar, Esquivel, Rodríguez, Montes, González, Garnica, Colorado, Jurado and Batista.
1 – Athletic: Simón, Petxarroman, Vivian, Vesga, Lekue, De Galarreta, Herrera, Williams (Ares m.42), Muniain, Berenguer and García.
Goal: 0-1, m.48: Javier Martón.
Goal: 0-2, m. 74: Javier Marton.
Source: Eitb
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