VALVERDE'S GUYS HAD 11 UNDEfeated GAMES
Athletic will receive Barça with a brutal 'broken' streak and mixed feelings
Published:21/01/2024 - 00:18h
Updated:21/01/2024 - 00:18h
A few days after learning that Athletic Club and Barça will face each other in the Cup quarterfinals, Ernesto Valverde's men have put an end to their undefeated streak with the defeat against Valencia in the league, the perfect opportunity for Barça to take advantage of the 'blow'
To few days that they start the quarter-finals of the Glass of Rey, the Athletic Club (rival of the Barça in the tournament) has put end to his series like invicto. The ones of Ernesto Valverde had chained 11 parties without losing, and has been against the Valency in league against the one who have put an end to this big series. The ones of Saint Mamés break his good dynamic just before seeing the faces against the Barcelona, something that these could take advantage of for 'do blood'.
The Basque team was not comfortable in the green of Mestalla and deployed a quite move# away game of what are used to to offer. It stirs it dismantled the plans of the 'lions', and an inspiradísimo Hugo Hard put the 1-0 in the marker in the minute 61, result that would consolidate like final to the not having more goals in the party.
Like this it puts end to a series of invencibilidad that the Athletic extended by 90 days, adding 10 parties of League and 4 of Glass without knowing the defeat. In fact, something curious is that the last party that lost the ones of Bilbao was on 22 October in front of the FC Barcelona, with that goal 'in extremis' of Marc Guiu that saved the papers. 7 victories and 3 ties have been the registers of this historical series of the rojiblancos, one of his best records since they won his last League 40 years ago.
The Barça could break another record of the Basques
Now, the ones of Xavi Hernández have between eyebrow and eyebrow break another record of the 'lions' in his meeting in Glass. The Basque team has assisted to all the semifinals of the tournament from 2020 in what it is one of his competitions 'fetish'. The Barcelona will have to put all the meat in the asador to be able to win to a team in very good state of form in spite of his last defeat. In league, the Basques go third, empatados to points with the Barcelona (these with 2 parties less) and are settled in the high block of the competition.
This season, the Athletic is a rival to take into account in all the competitions in which it competes, and Saint Mamés will be an authentic hell for the Barcelona. The Catalan team has in the meeting of Glass a proof of fire to show if it can surrender in a field complicated with the pressure of the elimination and like this dissipate the doubts on his level. Whatever happens, the tournament of the KO will leave once again an authentic show between two titanes of the Spanish football.
