Athletic cannot with Getafe (1-1) and Europe is complicated

The Athletic tied this Friday against Getafe (1-1) in the game that opened day 29 of the Santander League and that complicates the Bilbao team’s access to European positions next season.

The Madrid team was better at the beginning, but ended up suffering the onslaught of an Athletic team that ran into -again and again- the Getafe goalkeeper, David Soria, the great protagonist of the meeting with his saving interventions in the final stretch. On two occasions he even stopped daniel vivian and also to Inaki Williamswho did not know how to hit the key on both occasions.

those of Quique Sanchez Flores they barely took two minutes to get ahead thanks to a play that finished off Enes Unal thanks to a magnificent center of Djené from the right side. The goal unsettled an Athletic team that went on the attack from that very moment.

The lions began to enlarge the spaces with more control of the ball and control on the wings. By the left came the tie on the verge of half an hour in an action of Yuri Berchiche, who shot violently from within the area. The goal relaxed San Mamés, who began to transmit strength to their team in search of a comeback.

Already in the second part was when the festival of David Soria and the controversies with the VAR. First for a goal annulled by a few centimeters Olive -which made Getafe angry- and in second place for a yellow card to Basin which ended up being red after more than five minutes of review. Of course, the penalty signaled by Gil Manzano it ended up becoming a foul for Athletic.

With Getafe in inferiority, the siege of Bilbao intensified, which barely translated on occasions. The only clear one, a header from They lived well repelled by Soria.

Data sheet:

1-Athletic: Unai Simon; De Marcos (Petxarroman, min. 89), Vivian, Yeray, Yuri; Berenguer, Winner (Nico Williams, min. 72), Vesga, Muniain (Serrano, min. 89); Sancet (Raúl García, min. 78) and Iñaki Williams (Villalibre, min. 78).

1 – Getafe: Syria; Damián, Djené, Mitrovic, Cuenca, Olivera; Aleñá (Juan Iglesias, min. 87), Gonzalo Villar, Oscar (Okay, min. 78); Sandro (Borja Mayoral, min. 73) and Enes Ünal (Mata, min. 87).

Goals: 0-1, min. 3: Enes Ünal. 1-1 min. 29: Yuri.

Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Extremeño Committee). He expelled Cuenca, in the 65th minute, for knocking down Sancet, being the last defender; and Jankto, for protesting from the bench, in 90.

In addition, he showed a yellow card to the locals Vesga (min. 79), Petxarroman (min. 93) and Yeray (min. 96), and the visitors Mitrovic (min. 25), Ünal (min. 32), Djené (min. 32). 86), Mata (min. 93) and Damian (min. 97).