The Athletic of Madrid, celebrating the triumph in front of the Alavés

GAMEIRO MARKED OF PENALTI

The Athletic wins to the Alavés (0-1) and follows second in LaLiga

Published:29/04/2018 - 16:24h

Updated:30/04/2018 - 11:14h

The Athletic of Madrid obtained this Sunday a suffered triumph against the Sportive Alavés (0-1), that gave war from the beginning to the end of the meeting and finish falling defeated only owing to the penalti transformed by Kevin Gameiro

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The Athletic of Madrid of the 'Cholo' Simeone obtained this Sunday a deserved and suffered triumph against the Sportive Alavés (0-1), a very solvent team since the 'Pitu' Abelardo landed in the bench babazorro. In Mendizorroza, the Alavés surrendered to a big level to brake the tackled of the Athletic, although at the end the siege of the rojiblancos finish surtiendo effect.

The one of this Sunday was a very contested party between the two teams, although with a little showy football and that in some phases of the game left a lot that wish. In fact, if the Athletic of Madrid achieved to do with the booty of the three points was because, as a result of his approaches to the contrary goal, received two penaltis in favour.

The first of them was wrong by Fernando Torres, but Kevin Gameiro atinó in the second to send the spherical at the end of the meshes of the Alavés and, with this important goal, achieve the triumph that serves to keep to the Athletic in the second position of LaLiga Santander 2017-18.

"It was dificil, but the important is that we follow second. We expect to follow like this the Thursday", went the words of Gameiro after annotating the target of the triumph, thinking already in the party of the next Thursday against the Arsenal in the turn of semifinals of the UEFA Europe League.

The Athletic already concentrates in the Europe League

With this victory, the Athletic follows aspiring to finish the present edition of LaLiga Santander 2017-18 in the second position, by in front of Real Madrid and Valencia although the white group also won this past Saturday, to the Leganés (2-1) in the Bernabéu.

From now, the rojiblancos already will be able to think only in the turn of semifinals of the Europe League. They took out a very good result in the party of gone (1-1) playing with ten players practically all the meeting, and this Thursday will have to finish the work to put in the final of the tournament, that would play against Olympique of Marseilles or Salzburgo.

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