Athletic secures a point at the buzzer against a good Valencia in San Mamés

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2023-10-29 21:38:09

A goal of Alex Berenguer In the 96th minute he left a final tie, at two goals, a great match in San Mamés, a clash that had opened a goal of Oscar de Marcos in the first half and Valencia came back in the second with goals from Fran Perez y Hugo Duro.

The match was vibrant and with constant arrivals in both areas, where, despite the four goals, the goalkeepers grew bigger, Unai Simón in the local goal and Giorgi Mamardashvili in the visitor’s goal.

At the meeting The young ‘pearls’ that Rubén Baraja is molding especially shone in Valencia, today Fran Pérez, Javi Guerra and Diego López, who were on the verge of destroying Athletic with their attacks on the counter as soon as their team recovered the ball.

That trio had Hugo Duro, who gave an assist and scored a goal, Mamardashvili and Pepelu, who supported the midfield, as their best allies.

This tie somewhat slows down the ambitions of an Athletic that maintains sixth place in the table and also those of a Valencia whose last goal from Berenguer prevents them from rising to seventh position.

De Marcos put Athletic ahead in the 32nd minute, taking advantage of a pass from Nico Williams in a play that the rojiblanco side himself started and to which he had continued Jungle Sancet.

After the break, Valencia turned the score around in just seven minutes. In the 62nd minute, Fran Pérez, after a pass from Hugo Duro that left him alone in front of the international goal, resolved a one-on-one with Unai Simón with quality.

In the 69th minute, it was the youth player who gave the goal pass to Hugo Duro to sign the 1-2 score that seemed definitive until Berenguer’s header, following a very good cross from Iñaki Williams.

That right wing was, as throughout what has been played this season, the best of an Athletic that lost the victory at the beginning of the second half, when it failed to hit several attempts and a shot by Dani García , after touching Mamardashvili, crashed into the crossbar.

Valverde’s men also did not take advantage of a period in the first half prior to the 1-0 lead in which they had several chances. Especially one from Williams in the 27th minute with everything in favor that He finished off the body of the Georgian goalkeeper.

Although before and after that stretch Valencia also had its chances that allowed it to come back in the second half.

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In addition, Between 1-1 and 1-2, Baraja’s team also had good opportunities that Simón thwarted.

When it seemed that everything had already been decided, with Athletic as focused as it was imprecise, Berenguer had faith in a left-footed cross from Iñaki Williams who headed into the net to make it 2-2.


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