20 games later San Mames suffered a defeat by Athletic. A mistake by Iñigo Lekue In the extra time of the second half he left the colchonero Correa on a silver platter with a one-on-one that he did not forgive Julen Agirrezabalaga. There was hardly any time left and Athletic felt the blow too much, they were left without the ability to react, believing that the points would be shared. Surely the draw would have been the fairest option, but the rival made the right choice and the Ernesto Valverde they barely put their rival in trouble.
Athletic was not worse than its rival, but it barely troubled the newly arrived goalkeeper Juan Musso which had to replace Jan Oblak due to gastric problems. In fact, in the first half he barely saw a high shot from Yuri Berchiche, with his right foot from the left corner of the Atlético area. The clearest chance for the other team came from Julián Álvarez after fifteen minutes, following a mistake between Iñigo Lekue and Yeray Álvarez in a bad clearance.
Without occasions
With more tactical emphasis than play and a scoreless draw, the break would be reached. In the resumption, after 22 seconds, the luck of the match could have changed when Nico Williams He plotted an attack that went through Jungle Sancet and then by the feet of Iñaki Williamsuntil returning the ball to his brother.
From left to right and then left again, to catch the visiting defense off guard in their retreating run. However, from The VAR proved that Nico was offside by a narrow margin and the referee Alejandro Hernandez Hernandez tonullified everything that had happened. Then the thicket returned to both groups, with more fear than shame.
Ernesto Valverde’s changes did not have the desired effect and the match entered a phase of interruptions for medical attention, first that of Josema Giménez after a bad fall and then that of Juan Musso in a clash. The substitutions for the ‘Txingurri’ did not give him any breathing room, but those of the ‘Cholo’ took effect when Antoine Griezmann was replaced by Giuliano Simeone and especially with the entrance of Correa in the 88th minute. Lekue failed, Sorloth stole his ‘wallet’ and on the edge of the area he gave the ball to the number 10 of Atlético. Defeat and four points in the first four league games.
TECHNICAL SHEET.
-RESULT: ATHLETIC CLUB, 0 – ATLÉTICO DE MADRID, 1 (0-0, at half-time).
–LINEUPS.
ATHLETIC CLUB: Accredited; Lekue, Vivian, Yeray, Berchiche; Prados (Vesga, min.64), Herrera (Jauregizar, min.64); Iñaki Williams (Berenguer, min.71), Sancet (Unai Gómez, min.81), Nico Williams; y Cruzeta (Djaló, min.64).
ATHLETIC MADRID: Musso; Llorente, Le Normand, Gimenez, Reinildo, Lino (Riquelme, min.70); Barrios, Gallagher (De Paul, min.71), Koke (Correa, min.88); Griezmann (G.Simeone, min.83) and Julian Alvarez (Sorloth, min.71).
–GOL:
0-1, min.90+2: Correa.
-ARBITRATOR: Hernández Hernández (C.Canario). He gave yellow cards to Nico Williams (min.15), Yeray (min.34) and Sancet (min.35) for Athletic Club, and to Koke (min.85) for Atlético de Madrid.
–ESTADIO: San Mamés, 48,617 spectators.
