A goal of Iñaki served for Athletic Club to scratch this Monday a point in Montilivi (1-1) against Gironawhich had been advanced through Viktor Tsygankov and that closed the 14th day of LaLiga EA Sports in second position after a tie that, however, nourishes their European dream.
The team of Michel Sanchez saw a streak of five victories in the league competition broken and gave up the lead alone, but it has the same points (35) as Real Madrid and maintains the advantage of ten units over the team. Ernesto Valverde (5th), first team out of Champions League places.
Athletic appeared on the Montilivi pitch with a very advanced pressure to make it difficult to build Girona’s playvery uncomfortable in a first quarter of an hour that was played on local ground.
After five minutes Mikel Vesga found a hole in Girona’s defense and assisted Gorka Guruzetabut the visiting ’12’ missed an obvious scoring opportunity with a tame, very timid shot.
Girona, as the minutes passed, began to find spaces and the path towards Unai Simón, especially in the left lane. Miguel Gutiérrez and Sávio Moreira put Óscar de Marcos in trouble. From a combination of his, a cross was born for Cristhian Stuani, starter in place of the injured Artem Dovbyk. His shot went high. The Uruguayan tried it again right after, but Unai Simón denied him the joy with a providential hand.
Athletic, ambitious, responded with a strong shot from Oihan Sancet on the turn and another clear chance, perhaps the clearest of the entire first half. De Marcos appeared at the penalty spot to collect a rejected ball, but his shot went very far from the crossbar.
Guruzeta, Vesga and Nico Williams also tested the reliability of Gazzaniga, the best of the local team in the first half along with the young Sávio.
In the 27th minute, the Brazilian rode towards the rival goal and put a ball into the area for Yangel Herrera scored 1-0, but the referee annulled the goal for offside at the start of the counterattack. Viktor Tsygankov and Aleix García also looked for the goal.
The 0-0 score at half-time did not do justice to the merits of both teams in the first half, which was very entertaining and even.
Girona returned to the field with one more gear, took a step forward and the prize came after 10 minutes. Miguel Gutiérrez and Sávio combined for the umpteenth time and the omnipresent Brazilian sent the ball into the area. He did not reach Stuani, but he did reach Tsygankov. The Ukrainian shouted 1-0 after deceiving Unai Simón.
His thirty-second goal in 14 games gave Girona confidence, so much so that they prioritized going for the 2-0 lead rather than securing the 1-0 lead. He lost the ball in the rival area and Athletic put together a quick counterattack, taking advantage of the fact that the left back had been left unprotected due to Miguel’s greed.
Over there Iñaki Williams ran, then he got rid of Aleix García and Daley Blind and with his left he beat Gazzaniga, with a cross finish (m.67). It was his sixth goal in LaLiga.
Catch me… if you can ???? When it starts it’s unstoppable ????
Iñaki Williams’ great goal that is worth a point in the co-leader’s house ????#LALIGAenDAZN ⚽ pic.twitter.com/ItgEGyz8EB
— DAZN Spain (@DAZN_ES) November 27, 2023
He Athletic He was able to turn the score around with a long-range shot from Nico Williams and came stronger into the final stretch, against a Girona team that was visibly tired and whose game seemed too long. But the two clearest chances were his, both from a pass from Yan Couto, a header from Yangel Herrera that only went wide and a play in which Pablo Torre could not find the space to shoot.
2023-11-27 22:35:16
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