Athletic Club de Valencia and Valencia face each other this afternoon at San Mamés (7:00 p.m. CET) looking for their first league win of the season. Coach Ernesto Valverde will help the match reach 400 matches directed to the red and whites, a record that has been around for years and until Friday. San Mamés is the second most difficult stadium in the league, behind the Bernabéu, and welcomes Valencia with a lot of doubts.
You need rhythm to be that team that goes together and ends up exhausting your opponents. Grosso against Getafe and a low card in the second half against Barcelona, Valverde was determined with his team that only had the points of the Meloria. He hopes that they will meet like Valencia. Agirrizabala will return to goal after the vertebral fracture he suffered in July and February with Padilla starting the match, giving us the first matches of the championship. First call for Diallo, who has recovered from a muscle injury, who is nervous in a match with doubts about the minutes that Nico will play, who is muscle fatigued and has spent some working days outside the group.
The first two defeats against Barcelona and Celta will raise many doubts about the team's ability to compete as it did last year. Sem Gayá, Canós, Fran Pérez or Luis Rioja – or the last one to follow – will be more prominent and will be able to be a starter. This will be the only way to put Rafa Mir in front of Hugo Duro. Empora but they do not attack, only the five goals they have scored in two games are really worrying Baraja. The coach will have the task of building a team from the defense and will also be able to introduce some defensive variables in midfield.
Sunset x Diego LopezIn just two games, the two teams' goal production will be monopolized. #8 Robro Negro Marco 2 goals and #16 Alvengro Marco 1 goal and 1 assist. The value of knowing how to find the second line.
In anticipation of… Fernando Alvarez
Atletico 1-1 Valencia
Both teams have failed to win their first two games in Valencia, which is further doubted by their defensive fragility. San Mames is not the ideal place to be strong and Athletic can exploit their opponents' nervousness.
