The classification seldom deceives and is a snitch of the ills that teams suffer.
In the case of
Valencia
and
Athletic
, the disease may be different, but the diagnosis is similar: they are unable to fight for the positions that correspond to them, victims of their own mistakes, and are doomed to watch their back.
The tie in Mestalla is a sign of his conviction.
[Narration and statistics]
Against Athletic, Valencia seemed to be making a leap towards coming of age.
For the first time he grabbed a game willing to dominate it, without fear of an awakening of the lions who walk with as many or more doubts than the Valencianists.
With the first third of the League completed, the Valencians grew very little by little, aware of their limitations and their virtues, the former being even more present than the latter.
They found the almost perfect rival to design a locked match, with annoying sun and wind, but comfortable.
It was Valencia who tried to braid plays, with the strength of
Lato
and
Yunus
on the wings, the sparks of Guedes and the vision of a loose Carlos Soler, hardly disturbed by
Garitano's
trivote
.
It was agreed
Muniain
its deployment in July at this stage not repeated.
Without tension for the goals, the goal came from a penalty in minute 25. Athletic left Maxi Gómez to control with his chest to leave a ball to
Racic
that crashed at the base of the post and, when he returned to the Uruguayan,
Dani García
blocked it.
The figure of Carlos Soler emerged from eleven meters to deceive Unai Simón and score his fifth penalty goal.
Athletic's response was a shot by
Yuri Berchiche
when he caught a loose ball at the peak of the area that Jaume cleared.
Little else appears in the account of the people of Bilbao.
Garitano gave
Villalibre
the attack to
take on Athletic's 9 stripes, dispensing with
Raúl García
and his love affair with Valencia: eight goals.
The young bet seemed not to work, and neither did
Williams
, who continues to despair his fans with a gray year.
Nor did Valencia insist on making their score bigger, but kept control in a dark work that was visualized in
Maxi Gómez's
game
.
He accumulates nine days without scoring, three without finishing on goal, and yet it is essential for Javi Gracia due to his ability to recover, the discomfort he creates for rival centrals and his forcefulness to tackle rival opponents.
He is the player who commits the most fouls in Valencia.
Setting a full game without suffering is something that Javi Gracia's team does not know how to do and it was shown when they came back from the dressing room.
The script changed to present an Athletic overturned in Jaume Domenech's area, with Williams activated and Yuri Berchiche's tickets on the wing.
They were no longer threats, it was the danger from which the goal was born.
His tense
and flat
center pushed him point-blank
Villalibre
sneaking between Paulista and Diakhaby.
At that moment, Athletic returned to its being.
It showed itself as what it has been: a team with hitting problems and mastery of the game.
Garitano had bet to reinforce with Unai López and the effect was noticeable.
The Valencians were only enough to chase them, without the ability to cross the medullary line.
Rummaging the bench can be frustrating for Javi Gracia, who had to turn to Cheryshev, Jason and Correia.
Little changed except for Maxi's first shot on goal.
The game was painted red and white, frank for the team to show ambition and Garitano looked for Raúl García's.
The Navarrese had barely a minute on the pitch when he managed to make his debut as a scorer this season and fatten his legend against Valencia, the team he has scored the most goals in his career.
He did so in the 78th minute from the penalty spot after Racic knocked Muniain down over the baseline.
None of the rivals on the Mestalla grass has proven to be reliable throughout the season and the scoreboard did not seem closed.
Anything could happen ... and it did.
Valencia's arreón turned into a foul from Yeray to Maxi that
Carlos Soler
put at the far post so that
Manu Vallejo
, alone, sent the ball to the back of the net.
The board and Unai Simón's error gave Valencia the tie.
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