An exhausted Levante measures Athletic’s reaction

Levante, which this week against Mallorca gave signs of exhaustion, will measure in La Nucía the capacity of reaction of Athletic Bilbao, who can still aspire to play in Europe, despite their last two defeats at home.

With nothing at stake, Levante has reached the limit of the physical and mental aspect in the last week of the season after having guaranteed permanence with a very solid return to competition.

Levante coach Paco López has all his footballers for this match and led this Saturday the last training session in the sports city of Buñol.

The Valencian coach would recover Miramón and Clerc for the starting eleven, with Postigo also back in the team, and the question is whether Vezo remains one more day in the starting eleven.

After having rested in Mallorca, Vukcevic would be fixed in the midfield with Rochina and Bardhi, while Campaña or Radoja could be left out of the initial team to dose them.

For the attack, Paco López could count on Mayoral and Roger, who has not scored yet since the League resumed despite remaining as Levante’s top scorer with eleven goals.

Athletic still dreams of Europe, since despite the last two defeats in a row against Real Madrid and Sevilla at San Mamés, it maintains options to reach seventh place in the table from which it remains at three points and therefore a triumph against Levante would relaunch him in the goal he wants to play in the Europa League next season.

Those of Gaizka Garitano, however, appear in Alicante lands worn by a recent calendar that the Derio coach has faced with his starting block, depressed by the actions of the VAR that they have considered detrimental to their interests and with low losses.

Yeray Álvarez, injured against Madrid for the rest of the course, will surely miss the clash; and Dani García, who against Sevilla saw his tenth yellow card of the season and has been punished with a penalty game. And probably also Yuri Berchiche after the muscle injury suffered this Thursday.

In contrast, Garitano recovers Raúl García, a player of his utmost confidence and the scorer in his best season against the rival goal, with thirteen goals, seven of them with a penalty.

With Raúl safe in the eleven, the doubts are focused on knowing what Garitano will do with the field players of the starting block who accumulate a lot of wear in the last three days, footballers such as Ander Capa, Iñigo Martínez, Iñaki Williams, Iñigo Córdoba and Iker Muniain . Especially the captain, who on Thursday, playing in band, endured until the end of a very physically demanding game.

Capa and Iñigo, the usual defenders who remain standing after the injuries of Yeray and Yuri, are expected in the eleventh ahead of Unai Simón. While Muniain, Williams and / or Córdoba could rest at the start due to the limited recovery margin between the clash on Thursday and tomorrow, only 65 hours, and leave later when the game is decided.

Thus, Oscar de Marcos, Iñigo Lekue and Asier Villalibre could enter an eleven in which it will be necessary to see if the Biscayan coach continues to bet on an Oihan Sancet who against Sevilla retired to rest still winning the match.

Mikel Balenziaga has already left to replace Yuri on Thursday, although De Marcos or Lekue, who are deeper, are also to be considered in that position; and for Dani García it is almost certain between Unai López and that Mikel Vesga will delay his position in the double pivot.