Granada once again fills Athletic with doubts

The previous feelings in Bilbao were not good, nor were the memories.

Because the previous League had finished with a resounding 4-0 in the same scenario in which it began.

And although in the previous visit he qualified for the Cup final, the chills felt before that miraculous goal by

still remain vivid in Bilbao

.

But Granada did not win because Athletic was suggested by their recent past, but because they found a foreseeable rival without imagination in attack.

And because

and

made two individual mistakes that paved the way for a goal for

and

.

The first task of the year, in short, was quite simple for

, without having to sign a remarkable match to achieve a convincing-looking victory.

It is not that the local team produced too much in attack, but when the rival puts so many facilities, little is enough to turn the game in favor.

Especially when you come across an Athletic whose reaction capacity was zero, as it usually happens in these types of circumstances.

has a lot of work ahead of him

so that his team finally sheds its skin and is able to handle different records when the initial plan does not work.

A task that has been pending for many years.

It is true that many changes could not be expected from a team that has not yet made any signings, although its coach yearns to incorporate

and

as soon as possible

.

Athletic is what it was, a practical and direct team, unconcerned about what they will say and clinging to their usual certainties, which are

defensive solidity and intimidation in attack

.

Yesterday they were both shipwrecked.

The debut of left winger

(good performance by the kid, who played the 90 minutes) was just a change of cards with Córdoba, with few group training sessions after suffering from the covid.

Goal canceled

Perhaps Granada, now without

and with the only novelty of Milla, did have a different aroma.

Those of Diego Martínez showed a level more similar to that assumed to that squad than to the one exhibited in the final stretch of last season, which raised him to seventh position and a Europa League in which he debuts next Thursday.

Much more to the expectation, he suffered with some lateral centers that Athletic did not know how to take advantage of, because they stood out more for quantity than for quality.

Granada, in fact, did not appear in

until the last minute of the first half.

He did it so that Yangel Herrera scored a goal that was annulled by

, who understood that Germán had committed a previous foul on Raúl García.

Quite a moot decision.

The Navarrese footballer buckled the initial 45 minutes with a crossed shot, in a forced position, which went near the post but along the bottom line.

Individual errors

Everything changed around the dressing room.

In eight minutes, Granada achieved the goals that were going to raise an impossible wall for Athletic.

Both, taking advantage of individual errors, a specialty of the house.

In the first, Vesga was unconcerned about Herrera's departure and the Venezuelan managed to head a cross from

.

In the second, De Marcos missed with the ball in his own field and Milla was astute to seize the ball and hit it violently and successfully from the front.

Garitano had no choice from then on but to change his entire midfield and forward, with the exception of Morcillo, to seek the reaction.

The problem is that only the names changed, because Athletic lacked ideas and resources to face the new match situation.

They were minutes of openings to band and centers to the area that did not go anywhere.

Only

was close to the goal, but his warm shot went to the crossbar.

Without a game next week, Athletic requires a period of reflection.

Or at least it should be.

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