Athletic will try to keep the tie alive for the return leg in Barcelona
Euskaraz irakurri: Athletic kanporaketari eusten saiatuko da, Bartzelonako itzuliko parteri begira
He Athletic Club faces the first leg of the semifinal of the Queen’s Cup that measures him this Thursday FC Barcelona in San Mamés (7:00 p.m.) with the intention of keeping the tie alive for next week’s return leg in the Catalan capital. ETB1 and eitb.eus They will offer the meeting live.
The Bilbao club already lost this season against the Barça team in Lezama, for 0-4despite playing a good game and reaching the break with a minimal defeat (0-1).
However, the Athletic She always tries to motivate herself, especially in a tournament that, unlike the men’s team, has always been elusive for the ‘lioneses’. Thus, Athletic, which has five league titles, has never won the Queen’s Cup.
This time, the enthusiasm and confidence will put her in a young team, with many award-winning players in lower categories with the Spanish team and that has Anne Azkona and Nahikari Garcia to their most outstanding attacking players.
Behind the 1-0 league against Betis in Lezama that underpinned those of David Aznar In the first half of the table, Athletic is eighth in the F League with 26 points. One point away from seventh, the Real societyand with six ahead of the ninth, the UD Tenerife.
In that last match they accompanied Azkona and Nahikari in the eleven, Nanclares, between the posts; a defensive line of four composed of Elexpuru, Landaluze, Maddi and Nerea Nevado; a midfield with Zubieta, Ogiza and Pinedo; and Zugasti as a third forward.
It does not seem that the eleven that Aznar puts on the pitch on Thursday will differ much from that team, although they also have options to start the center Bibithe midfielders Itxaso and Marianain addition to the young forwards Sarah Ortega and Jone Amezaga.
Source: Eitb
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