Athletic and Alavés meet again in a cup derby 28 years later
Euskaraz irakurri: Athleticek eta Alavesek indarrak neurtuko dituzte berriro Kopan, 28 urte geroago
Athletic and Alavés They meet this Tuesday in San Mamés in a Basque derby that will pit two teams happy about their latest results on the way to the quarter finals of the King’s Cup.
The Bilbao team faces the match on a tremendous streak of results, which it continues to expand. There are now five wins in a row that he has chained and thirteen matches that he has not lost with ten wins between them. Three of those wins have been in the Copa del Rey, and in LaLiga he has 24 points out of a possible 30 and 23 from the last 27.
Vitoria’s joy is much shorter in time, but probably of a similar level due to the four points it has added away from home in its last two league games in San Sebastián and Seville and the elimination of Betis in the round of 16 in Mendizorroza.
With today’s will be the tenth time that the babazorros visit San Mamés to face the people of Bilbao in the Cup. The first time was in 1928and the last one in 1995. This last duel, 28 years ago, ended with the score at 4-1. Today, the lions will take the field to repeat the result, but the Vitorians will not make it easy for them, and will try to redeem themselves from that result to take home a place in the quarterfinals.
Source: Eitb
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