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Gorka Guruzeta was one of the protagonists of the last official match played by Athletic in León. The San Sebastian striker scored two of the four goals for the red and white team in qualifying for the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey. “Everything adds up, the more goals we forwards score, the better for the team,” he said after the clash against Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa.
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Guruzeta is the only player in the current squad to have scored in three competitions: Champions League, Liga and Copa del Rey. He comes from a difficult season in which it was difficult for him to start and when it seemed that he was getting into shape, a break in the sole of his foot affected him from February until the end of the course. He stayed at 8 goals, while in 23-24 he reached 16 goals.
Champions, League and Cup
“I want to go back to being the Gorka of two years ago,” said the Zurigorri striker in the duel in which he managed to score two goals against Qarabag. They were his only goals in San Mamés this season because in the League he has scored two away from home: Anoeta and El Sadar. Guruzeta opened his scoring account in Dortmund in a match where Valverde’s men were thrashed.
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Against Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa he was able to score two goals, which were his first goals in this competition. Against Ourense he played every minute but couldn’t find the net.
He has seven doubles with Athletic
Guruzeta is one of the seven players in the current Athletic squad who have achieved a double in the red and white first team. The San Sebastian player, with this Wednesday in León, has seven: Nuevo Mirandilla, Valladolid, Celta on two occasions and Alavés in San Mamés (League), Qarabag (Champions) and Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa (Cup)
Iñaki Williams with thirteen is the one with the most doubles: 9 League, 2 Cup and 2 Europa League. Álex Berenguer, four: Ramón de Carranza, Nuevo Pepico Amat in Copa, R.Sociedad and Girona. Nico Williams has three, one for each competition: Valladolid (League), Atlético Mancha Real (Cup) and Roma (Europa League). With two doubles is Yuri Berchiche who scored one in the Cup against Sestao River and in the League against Mallorca. And with a double are Mikel Vesga (Betis in the League) and Oihan Sancet (Vallecas in the League)
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