Afp and Europa Press
La Jornada Newspaper
Thursday, January 25, 2024, p. a12
Madrid. Barcelona was eliminated (4-2) from the Copa del Rey by Athletic Bilbao while Javier Aguirre’s Mallorca also kicked Girona, leader of the Spanish league, out of the tournament with a score of 3-2. Two brothers named Williams dynamited the Barça club.
In extra time and with a 2-2 tie, Iñaki first scored the go-ahead goal in the 107th minute. When the Catalans were struggling to equalize, the youngest Williams dealt the final blow in the 121st minute.
Athletic took the lead with a goal from Gorka Guruzeta when the game began, but Barcelona came back with goals from Robert Lewandowski (26) and Lamine Yamal (32) before Oihan Sancet (49) sent the game to extra time. There Iñaki Williams and his brother Nico decided the pass so that everything would remain in the family.
It was a game to remember. They have given us a couple of scares, said Ernesto Valverde, Bilbao coach; “In extra time it seemed like it was written that Iñaki was going to score today.
In football many times you have to lose and then when you look back, you have a few games left; This will be one of them and we will always remember it. People live for these moments. I thought I would have less trouble, but it is inevitable against Barça, he concluded.
Aguirre slows down Girona
In the previous match, Mallorca’s Vasco Aguirre cut short the cup-winning dream of Girona, who aspired to reach the semi-finals of the tournament for the first time.
The island team won 3-2 against the league leader, who was one step away from turning around a match that Mallorca got back on track with goals from Cyle Larin (21) and Abdón Prats (28, 35), but which ended up playing with 10 footballers due to the expulsion of Antonio Raíllo (67).
Girona gave excitement to the match until the last minute with goals from Cristhian Stuani from a penalty (68) and Savinho (95).
The team played a serious game, explained after the game the Mallorca coach, the Mexican Javier Aguirre, who, however, admitted that after the expulsion we asked for the time.
From that moment on, Mallorca locked themselves behind to hold on until the referee blew the final whistle.
Girona put us five in the League and passed us by, the players wanted to pass, it came out of their pores. The expulsion changed everything for us, said the Vasco, who referred to the delicate moment that his team went through during the first stretch of the season.
I never felt like the team abandoned me during difficult times. Although we went 10 games without winning. We were able to correct it and we are doing well now. It is still a not very pleasant position in the League. In the Cup we get into a semi-final, but we owed it to the fans, now we have to see the rival, and it will be back and forth. The people deserved a Cup day, he added.
Giménez wins the game Chucky in Netherlands
Feyenoord with the Mexican Santiago Giménez advanced to the quarterfinals of the Netherlands Cup by beating Hirving Lozano’s PSV Eindhoven 1-0; Both tricolor soccer players were starters. The score came from the boots of Dutchman Quinten Timber in the 31st minute.
Meanwhile, in the Carabao Cup, Fulham drew 1-1 with Liverpool, but was eliminated after finishing 3-2 on aggregate. Luis Díaz scored for the Redswhile Issa Diop discounted for the Cottagers. The tricolor Raúl Jiménez took the field in the starting 11.
2024-01-25 10:23:16
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