Euskaraz irakurri: Athleticek porrota jaso du hobeto jokatu duen Gironaren aurka (2-1)
Athletic Club has suffered a tough defeat against Girona by 2-1 in Montilivithus adding their fourth defeat of the season against a team that had gone seven days without winning and is coming out of the relegation places.
Summary of the match Girona – Athletic Club (2-1)
Ernesto Valverde’s team has shown a very gray face in Montilivi against Míchel Sánchez’s Girona that is twelfth.
The match began with total dominance by the local team, who had several chances to score the goal, touching it from the first minute. Before the first quarter of an hour Unai Simón already had to repel four shots by Girona.
Athletic was able to wake up in a counterattack stemming from an error by Toni Villa, but wasted a four against two.
Girona responded immediately with two consecutive shots from Yangel Herrera, both neutralized by Unai, and with a great action from Miguel after getting rid of Iñigo Lekue.
The Bilbao team took a step forward as the minutes went by and Raúl García invented his team’s only dangerous play in the first half: a cross shot after a half-turn just before half-time.
Valverde tried to adjust the defense at the break with the entry of Mikel Balenziaga. The Basque team’s reaction came at the hands of Nico Williams, with a left foot that sent Gazzaniga flying. But the situation was not good for Athletic and in the 55th minute Valverde turned to two new players, Oscar de Marcos and Unai Vencedor.
David López did not fail on the second occasion he had. In the 67th minute he headed in a foul to celebrate the 1-0 and transfer the local superiority to the scoreboard.
Valverde consumed the changes two minutes later, but never managed to change the script of the match and Iván Martín scored the 2-0 in the 75th minute.
The duel was exciting until the final whistle because Gorka Guruzeta He made it 2-1 in the 78th minute, with a volley after a pass from Nico Williams prolonged by De Marcos, but Athletic had no more time and Girona finally celebrated a victory.
Data sheet
2 – Girona: Gazzaniga; Arnau, Santi Bueno, David López, Miguel (Javi Hernández, min. 85); Romeo; Toni Villa (Iván Martín, min. 66), Herrera (Ramon Terrats, min. 85), Aleix García, Valery (Riquelme, min. 62); Castellanos (Stuani, min. 62).
1-Athletic Club: Unai Simon; Íñigo Lekue (De Marcos, min. 55), Yeray, Íñigo Martínez, Yuri Berchiche (Balenziaga, min. 46); Vesga (Winner, min. 55), Oihan Sancet (Zarraga, min. 69); Williams Jr, Raúl García (Guruzeta, min. 69), Berenguer; and Williams.
goals: 1-0, min. 67: David Lopez. 2-0, min. 75: Ivan Martin. 2-1, min. 78: Guruzeta.
Referee: Pizarro Gómez (Madrid committee). He admonished the local Romeu (min. 52) and the visitor Yuri Berchiche (min. 35).
Source: Eitb
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