If the quality of a coach is determined by his ability to extract the maximum performance to the resources he has, undoubtedly José Bordalás is currently the best First Division coach . Almost all the players of this Getafe were practically anonymous before falling into the hands of the Alicante coach and today they make up the squad of a team installed in Champions positions, each day with more solvency than the previous one. An upward trend that this Sunday certified in San Mamés with a win that was never in doubt . [Narration and statistics].

With two timely blows, one of them on a penalty, it was enough for Getafe to guarantee all three points and to sink a Athletic who was an alleged direct rival for European positions and who now leaves eight points away. It was a blow to the Gaizka Garitano team , which has already been running seven consecutive days without winning. Until now, his defensive reliability had helped him to scratch points, but before Getafe he completed an exercise of frustration in the game that his coach had baptized as "the most important of the season" .

Nothing to see such a statement with what was seen on the pitch. The duel was always played to what the Getafe wanted , forcing Athletic to put on a suit that pulls his armhole. It is true that the rojiblancos may have looked for formulas to not be continuously trapped in inane possessions, but either they did not want or did not know how to carry them out. The battle was won by a group of players chiseled by Bordalás in his image and likeness.

Some, however, still have some polishing session. Deyverson , newcomer, still does not seem to know very well what the VAR is about. Do not know that faking a violent ball in your body is worthless if you have actually hit your elbow. Because of course they don't charge you for the foul, the VAR tells the referee that they have tried to deceive you and also, oh by chance, you can take a yellow card for a minimum protest on the next play.

GOOD TEMPERATURE

It is worth stopping in this action because nothing of profit happened in the first half hour in the hot San Mamés (25 degrees of thermal sensation did not lower the thing), except for a frank header from Olivera. The Athletic tried to attack and in the attempt died before a Getafe comfortable to the expectation and devoid of haste . That's how it was when Damian scored the goal of his life (or almost) . He drew a slalom from the right wing, leaning on Mata and Deyverson on two walls and after dodging three defenders in the area, beat Unai Simón.

Athletic had barely put together an occasion, a cross shot by Villalibre at the end of the first half, and the game didn't look very good for them . But the situation could get worse and in fact he did it right away. Four minutes after the resumption, Alberola Rojas stopped the game and went to the VAR monitor to analyze a hand of Lekue in the area that had gone unnoticed. Indeed, the action deserved a penalty that Mata converted to Simon.

Lacking resources in the field to go for the comeback, Garitano looked at the bench and threw the big-shot. After a stroke, Aduriz, Ibai and Capa replaced Villalibre, Unai López and Lekue after the game . To understand it, the list of substitutes should not be read in a football, but political, hierarchy key if you want. Only in this way is it understood that Raúl García and Williams will end the game on the field.

On his return to the competition after three months injured, Aduriz seemed sharper than at the beginning of the season (hit Barça on the sidelines) , hooking a shot as soon as he entered and getting strong in the area. It was not enough for Athletic to score a single goal and there was still room for more bad news. Iñigo Martínez saw his fifth yellow and will not play Anoeta's derby next week.

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