Damn aim. Why won’t they make the goals bigger? Why isn’t sending three balls to the post in the same game equal to a goal? Perhaps we should give the latter a second thought, which would be a kind of consolation prize with which to reward the staff’s lack of success. Jungle Sancetwith the foot; Iñaki Williams with a powerful shot from outside the area; and Aitor Paredeswith a cross header with quality… Up to three attempts by Athletic crashed last night against the post of the goal defended by Rui Silva, who seemed to play with a huge magnet under his shirt, since the rest of the balls that did not hit the wood, with the exception of a header from Alex Berenguer who found the back of the net ended up hitting him in the body. The red and white team crashed against the woodwork and an omnipresent Rui Silva to end up giving away a point in a match that they should have won by a wide margin and that once again leaves a bitter aftertaste. Another one that adds to last Monday in Mallorca and the games against Atlético de Madrid, Sevilla and Girona. Too many points lost for minor details.
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Aitor Martínez’s notes: Iñaki Williams, work without a prize
Aitor Martínez
He Athletic managed to contain Betis’ initial momentuma circumstance in which Ernesto Valverde placed great emphasis in the previous one, as he recalled what happened in the last two visits of the Andalusian team to Bilbao. In the first, he took a minimal lead in the sixth minute of the match that ended up being an insurmountable loss for his team; In the second, after leading by two goals to zero in ten minutes, Athletic was able to turn the score around and take three very important points that ended up propelling the lions in the league standings.
Suffocated by good play and minutes of enormous quality, that supposed initial push by Betis that never came, everything seemed like it would go smoothly.either. Athletic ruled the game, until Álvaro Djaló He seemed plugged into his return to ownership more than a month laterbut what’s up. The occasions kept happening: Nico Williams finished high offside, Sancet anticipated Rui Silva but hit the post a few minutes before failing incomprehensibly with everything in his favor when he failed to finish on goal, Iñaki burst the crossbar with a powerful right foot from outside from the area and practically in the next play he ran into the inspiration of the Portuguese goalkeeper. All of this, four very clear goal actions and one more offside, in just 20 minutes.
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Oscar Gonzalez
Before the break there would be time to curse the lack of aim even more, as Paredes hit the post with a header after a corner.
Athletic forgave too much and you already know what happens. Betis goal. In his first arrival with some danger, in his first shot on goal, for which he needed more than 50 minutes, Pablo Fornals stood alone at the penalty spot and beat Julen Agirrezabala easily.
Then the red and white team had to row against the current, which reached the shore, rescued by Berenguerbut whose aim failed again, with chances from Iñaki Williams, Ander Herrera and a very clear one from Andoni Gorosabel, who showed why he is a defender and does not score goals for a living, to take the three points.
After last Monday’s draw against a Mallorca team that played the vast majority of the game with one less player There was the consolation of making a good point by beating Betis, but the lack of aim kept Athletic from victory. Yes, the red and white team is still in European positions, but there are already many regrets this season.
The figure
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Athletic has already dropped nine points in the seven games it has played in the San Mamés league this season, where it has twelve, the result of three wins and as many draws. Getafe, Sevilla and Betis have achieved a draw in their visits to the red and white team and Atlético de Madrid took the victory.
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