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Athletic has been wondering for a long time who would fill the future void, already present, that Aritz Aduriz would leave sooner or later . In doubt lay the fear of a scoring orphan whose solution had to come from Lezama, the most common response to problems. And maybe it will be in a while, but for the moment, the one who is holding the flag up is Raúl García. 15 goals already this season, two in the fundamental match this Sunday against Levante, for whom he is without a doubt the center forward of this Athletic who is holding on to the fight for being in Europe next year. [1-2: Narration and Statistics]

Who has always been a playmaker is today only one goal away from being the top national scorer of the championship , of course the leading scorer of Athletic and his most decisive footballer. The sometimes misleading statistics are overwhelmingly clear about the impact of Navarro on the rojiblanco team: in the five games of the season in which he has not been a starter, Athletic has garnered a draw and four defeats. The three in which he has not participated for a minute, Garitano's have not scored a single point.

He returned this Sunday after serving a card penalty against Sevilla and it was the stiletto with which Athletic defeated Levante in La Nucía, who was noted for too many minutes that he has already done the duties of the season. He lacked that point of tension and concentration essential to face an intense opponent and in need of victories to be able to compete next year in the Europa League. Garitano's men did their job, but they need to keep moving forward without mistakes and for their rivals to score points. It is a fight for two places against Getafe, Real Sociedad, Valencia and Granada in which the people of Bilbao started the day closing the peloton.

That disadvantage disappeared within four minutes of the duel played at Camilo Cano . De Marcos, relief of the injured Capa, went deep for his band as in the old days and took a center without apparent danger. Vezo's header, however, was so bad that the ball fell to Raúl García between the front and the penalty spot. The auction was not easy, but the Navarre's catalog of technical resources is so vast that the ball ended up at the bottom of the goal.

Levante was paralyzed for a while by the bad awakening of the nap that Athletic had given him. He was recovering the tone on the ball, with his rival comfortable to the expectation, but generated no more danger than a deflected direct free kick by Bardhi . In that play, by the way, Iñigo Martínez saw a yellow that carries a sanction and leaves Núñez as the only central defender available for the game against Leganés on Thursday. Garitano will have to improvise with the young Vivian or improvise with a midfielder like Dani García, absent in La Nucía for the same reason, or Vesga.

The game, in short, was at a fairly comfortable point for the rojiblancos. Even more, of course, after Raúl García's second goal. In the first half discount, a quick steal in a compromised position for Levante, an extension with the left foot of De Marcos (again him) and wonderful definition with a spoon on the departure of Aitor Fernández .

It seemed the afternoon seen for sentencing despite the fact that there were still 45 long minutes ahead. Levante did not show reaction capacity and Athletic followed suit, with Unai López ruling the midfield and controlling the rhythm of the game when he managed to get the ball. Bardhi managed to close the gap in 71 after a triangulation with Campaña and Mayoral in which neither Iñigo nor Balenziaga were very awake, but Paco López's men could no longer compromise Athletic's victory, the victory of Raúl García.

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