Athletic beats Almería and goes to the break in European positions (3-0)
Euskaraz irakurri: Athleticek Almeria menderatu of eta Europako postuetan doa geldialdira (3-0)
He Athletic Club won this Friday 3-0 against Almería in the first match of the ninth day of LaLiga EA Sports disputed in San Mamés. Guruzeta, Dani García and Sancet They were in charge of scoring the goals in a match in which the ‘lions’ were much superior and went to the break in European positions.
The Athletic, with Sancet back In the starting eleven, he has pressed high from the beginning and has had the initiative and control of the game. Almería, for its part, has adopted a more defensive attitude, waiting for what the Basque team was going to offer them.
Valverde had to spend the first change quickly, since in the five minutes Yeray fell badly after a collision with Koné and had to leave the field with gestures of pain. She has replaced him Walls.
Even so, joy has returned to San Mamés almost constantly with the Guruzeta goal. The locals have stolen the ball in a bad start by the visiting defense, Nico Williams He received on the side and gave it to Guruzeta, who only had to push the ball into the net to put his team ahead (1-0).
After the goal it was Athletic who continued to dominate on the field. Almería lacked rhythm and the ‘lions’ took advantage of it to create danger in the rival area. Herrera He headed the ball into a corner with the intention of giving it to a teammate and it almost ended in a goal, but it hit the post.
Athletic has continued to attack Almería without ceasing and has been able to leave with a bigger lead at half-time. Herrera once again had another chance on a ball that De Marcos had in his face, but he fired the shot high. Sancet was also on the verge of finding the goal after a good individual play, but his shot went wide, grazing the post. Yuri The Bilbaoans had the last one, but Maximiano used his fists to stop him.
Almería was on the verge of causing a scare at the beginning of the second half, but the Andalusian team was not good up front. Inaki Williams He responded with a right hand, taking advantage of another defense loss, but it went high.
The Bilbao team has had a thousand and one more chances and in the end it has been Dani Garcia who has found the prize, his first goal with Athletic. De Marcos crossed from the right to find him at the far post and, completely alone, he finished at will (2-0).
Athletic wanted more and it has been Sancet who scored the third. Nico Williams got away from his defender and shot at goal. Maximiano stuck out his leg well, but Sancet caught the rebound and did not forgive (3-0).
The Williams brothers have insisted in searching for their goal, but this time it has not been their turn and Athletic is going to the break in European positions.
Data sheet
3 – Athletic Club: Unai Simón; De Marcos, Vivian, Yeray (Paredes, m.8), Yuri; Dani García (Unai Gómez, m.82), Herrera (Prados, m.75); Iñaki Williams, Sancet (Muniain, m.82), Nico Williams; and Guruzeta (Villalibre, m.75).
0 – Almeria: Maximiano: Mendes (Pozo, m.68), Kaiky, Chumi, Akieme; Embarba, Baba (Arnau Puigmal, m.82), Lopy, Ramazani (Lázaro, m.76); Melero (Arribas, m.68) and Koné (Marciano, m.68).
Goals: 1-0, m.10: Guruzeta. 2-0, m.63: Dani García. 3-0, m.81: Sancet.
Referee: Víctor García Verdura (Catalan Committee). He showed a yellow card to the locals Herrera (m.52), De Marcos (m.84) and the visitors.
Source: Eitb
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