The Athletic Club will have a very sensitive drop in front of the Barcelona

This Sunday, the FC Barcelona will have to measure strengths with one of the classical of LaLiga Santander: the Athletic Club of Bilbao. The group of Ernesto Valverde will jump to the lawn of Saint Mamés knowing that it needs the victory so that the advantage on the Real Madrid do not follow reducing as it happened the past week.

Nevertheless, the Basque team will not be able to have one of his big stars: Aritz Aduriz. The forward rojiblanco, that will fulfil 38 years this same Monday, has not been able to go in in the list of summoned of Gaizka Gritano by fault of a sprain in the knee, that will keep him in the dry dam until the month of March.

It is necessary to remember that the veteran Aduriz is the player of the current staff of the Athletic Club that more times has marked him to the FC Barcelona, with a  total of eight so many: two in LaLiga Santander, other two in the Glass of Rey and four in the Supercopa of Spain. Ua Looms that -unfortunately for the football- the culés will not have.

The alternatives of Garitano to Aduriz

In the previous press conference to the party, the technician of the Athletic Club, Gaizka Garitano, has valued alternative to be able to sobreponerse to the drop of Aritz Aduriz. On the recently fichado Kenan Kodro, has ensured that "it is a more specific forward, something that right now do not have. Iñaki Williams is not specific and this yes is it. It has come well, it has trained well and we have he".

Garitano Also has answered on the presence of Leo Messi in the announcement, being very likely that was headline in Saint Mamés. "If it has travelled it will play. It is the best of the world, the one who does the difference, but without him the Barcelona also wins because has five or six players that desequilibran by himself alone", commented, the Basque trainer.

Besides, the preparador rojiblanco has ensured that the Athletic Club will go to by all after losing against the Real Sociedad in the derbi Basque. "When you come to lose want to play what before. Achieve a victory is importantísimo to level of classification and focus what comes with optimism. It is an opportunity. We come doing the things well and are not an easy team", sentenced.