Athletic consumed its goal of ending among the top eight of the Europa League. The Lions defeated the Viktoria Plzen with a gala atmosphere in San Mamés once the animated strike decreed in the so -called popular stands ended. Nico Williams, Yeray and Martón signed the goals in this last win that allows the rojiblancos to be seconds in the classification and move directly to the round of 16.
The Valverde team looked more like this time it was competing in the last months of last year. With the controlled situation at the defensive level, the lions were waiting for the appropriate moments to seize the tooth to a somewhat anarchic rival at the tactical level, but with the lesson and better executed lesson. The local insistence, however, did not take long to bear fruit.
Once with the score in favor and the controlled situation, the Bilbanes stopped stepping on the accelerator before a rival who never just lower his arms. When cutting distances it seemed that the rojiblancos could be complicated the clash in the final minutes, but Martón, who at the end of the way, closed the score with a subtle petroleum jelly on the goalkeeper Jedlicka. Goalkeeper who was whistled in each of his interventions so it seemed a Nazi greeting in the presence of Oyarzabal during the clash of his team against the Real in this same tournament.
Valverde faced the latter envy of the group stage with a lower rotation than the foreseeable in its headline. Agirrezabala, in this way, returned under sticks to the detriment of Unai Simón, Marcos and Yuri exercised on the sides and meadows recovered their place in the center of the field. Sancet, who already had minutes in front of Leganés in the League, was again substitute.
The Viktoria Plzen, on the other hand, repeated the same alignment of a week before against Anderlecht in his field. The Czechs, who needed to win to have their options to finish in the top eight, were planted in San Mamés with a five -year defense, four and only a tip. The players of veteran Kubeck demonstrated, yes, their ability to unfold and retreat depending on the ball holder synchronized.
Athletic felt comfortable at the football proposal of his rival. The Williams had their respective occasions before the 10th minute. Yuri, Guruzeta and Yuri again insisted with the auctions to goal below. The rojiblanca insistence translated into the first goal of the night.
Prados saw the uncheck to the space of Iñaki Williams, he ran alone and put the ball on a tray so that his brother Nico opened the scoring. This 1-0, curiously, arrived three minutes after the VAR invalidated Vivian somewhat offside. The Viktoria tried to approach Agirrezabala’s domains from there, but without success. Athletic went to rest with the totally controlled situation.
The visiting team, despite losing and needing to win to hurry their qualifying options, remained faithful to their initial proposal. The lions, somewhat uncoordinated, knew how to become strong behind and took advantage of their first shot of the second half to increase their difference in the scoreboard. Yeray took advantage of a lack of lack of Berenguer to make the 2-0 after new consultation to the VAR.
Valverde, in the absence of 25 minutes to the end, began to pull the bench. Sancet first and Vesga and Djaló later jumped to the grass. Havel took advantage of that phase of Bilbao readjustments to beat Agirrezabala in the absence of twenty minutes for the conclusion. The Viktoria took a step forward from there, but the lions knew how to keep their advantage in the scoreboard until they sing victory and qualify seconds of this group stage of the Europa League.
The meeting came to an end with Athletic in numerical superiority after the expulsion of Vasulin for a very hard entry to De Marcos and with Unai Gómez and Martón as Men of Refresh in the local team. The latter, which aims to be given in this winter market, culminated the Bilbao victory with a spectacular minced to Sancet pass over the goal Jedlicka.
