Athletic and Alavés, in search of the three points before the national team break
Athletic and Alavés will face each other this Saturday, March 16, in the match corresponding to the 29th day of LaLiga EA Sports. The Basque derby will be played in San Mames starting at 9:00 p.m., where the Athletic will try to climb to a fourth place in which he is two points ahead of the Atlético de Madrid, and the babazorros will try to win the first derby of the season.
On the Bilbao side, the week has been marked by the draw for tickets to the final of the Copa del Rey. With the cup final against Mallorca on the horizon, those of Ernesto Valverde They will try to get closer to the positions in the tableChampions‘. After achieving a prestigious victory against the UD Las Palmasthe red and white team is in fifth position with 53 points.
For Saturday’s event, the locals will have the absences of Yuriinjured, and Wallswarned, but they will recover Ander Herrera for the center of the field.
This same week Luis de la Fuente has announced the list of players of the Spanish team, which includes four players from the Athletic: Unai Simon, Dani Vivian, Oihan Sancet and Nico Williams. For its part, Unai Gómez has received the call from Santi Denia to play the matches against Slovakia and Belgium with the sub 21.
On the other hand, the babazorros reach San Mames with a comfortable qualifying situation, with ten points above relegation with ten days to go, and after having beaten the Vallecano Ray at home.
Those of Luis Garcia Plaza They are thirteenth in the standings and have 32 points in the box. The Madrid coach will have the entire squad at his disposal for the derby, with the exception of Sedlar.
Five albiazules players have been summoned to play with their respective teams: Javi Lopez, Samu Omorodion and Rafa Marin with the Spanish under 21 team, Ianis Hagi with Romania and Abdel Abqar with Morocco.
Furthermore, both coaches will not be able to count on any more players, waiting for Jagoba Arrasate offer the call for the Euskal Selekzioa for the friendly duel against Uruguay.
In the two games between them this season, the same result has occurred: 0-2 in the league in Mendizorroza and 2-0 in Cup in San Mames.
Source: Eitb
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