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It was always said of Yeray that he grew as a footballer when at his side he had such an experienced and regular defender as Iñigo Martínez.

And it was true.

But now that the former Real is serving the sanction of four games (this Sunday was the last) for his expulsion against Levante, Yeray has had to become leader and show that he can also fly alone, without a cousin of Zumosol next door.

That he can be that cousin of Zumosol, in short.

And accompanied by

Núñez

, who is not exactly at his best, Athletic's '5' is hitting the table.

The sensation, already outlined in previous matches, was firmly confirmed in the 0-0 draw this Sunday in Balaídos in which, with the permission of

Renato Tapia

, the Athletic center-back was the best footballer of the match.

Yeray did his defensive work with enormous solvency, he covered the mistakes of his teammates and as always he contributed in the offensive aspect with his conductions and his diagonals.

And all this on the eve of Luis Enrique offering his last list before the European Championship this summer.

Ramos

is fixed, Iñigo Martínez also seems so and without

Pau Torres

a gap opens in the left zone that

Mario Hermoso

could cover

.

There would be a place that in the last calls had been for

Eric García

, who is not playing anything at City.

In this context, Yeray raises his hand and claims for himself that gap in the summons.

Not much more competition is guessed and certainly there does not seem to be a center-back, right-handed or left-handed, more fit than in Spanish football.

Munian and Aspas, tied short

His work was key so that, for the second time since Marcelino became his coach, Athletic kept a clean sheet.

The reverse is that it also remained unmarked, something that had not happened in the last 17 duels, all those of the Asturian coach and the last of

Garitano

.

It was also strange that Celta was left without seeing the door, as he had just scored four in El Alcoraz against Huesca.

But, to tell the truth, the meeting did not deserve much more either.

Not that it was a boring meeting, but it was very imprecise, at times with an excessive rhythm that penalized the success in the actions.

Athletic, in Balaídos, a hybrid between the starting block and that of substitutes (it seems that Marcelino is already starting to regulate efforts in the face of the two Cup finals), lacked cohesion, always with energy but without much spark in the important moments.

Aspas appeared little, like a Muniain marked with aggression by the celestial defenders, and that is never a positive sign.

Perhaps Celta walked a little closer to the goal, especially if the yardstick is the number of occasions, but Athletic seemed to be more dangerous when deployed with spaces.

In the end, neither one nor the other managed to break a score that, given what we saw, was quite fair.

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