The Athletic loses and gives even more life to the Barça in LaLiga

The Athletic of Madrid fell defeated unexpectedly this Friday in the field of the RCD Espanyol (1-0), that after a bad result against The Palms in the last day took out the competitive gene in Cornellá-The Prat to content to his fans and achieve the three points against a fearsome rival as it is the Athletic of Madrid, one of the candidates to conquer LaLiga Santander 2017-18.

The triumph of the Espanyol against the Athletic of Madrid without place to doubts benefits to the FC Barcelona, that will not feel so presionado at the head of the classification of LaLiga and that, before even to play against the Real Madrid the Classical of this Saturday, keeps an advantage of six points that can see increased regarding the current second qualifier of the competition.

We remember that the Athletic leaves second six points underneath of the Barça, without explaining still the parties that have to play Valencia and the FC Barcelona against the Real Madrid, by what this day 17 could finish being round for the ones of Ernesto Valverde in the case that they achieve a victory in Santiago Bernabéu.

The Athletic of Madrid desinfla

If this sucediera, the Barça would put nine points by in front of the Athletic of Madrid and 14 above the Real Madrid, although the merengues have a party postponed owing to the World-wide of Clubs 2017. It will be missing to see also what does Valencia, that can snatch the second square of the table to the Athletic after Sergio García, in the minute 88, drilled the goal of Jan Oblak.

This is the first defeat in LaLiga Santander 2017-18 for the Athletic of Madrid, that up to now kept a record of imbatibilidad in the maximum Spanish competition. The ones of the 'Cholo' Simeone are not crossing one of his best campaigns, of this there is not doubt, when joining this defeat to the recent elimination in the phase of groups of the Champions League. The Barça, loved.