An underachieving Athletic missed two points against Getafe

With this result, the red and white team Maintains its place in the Champions League With an eye on Saturday’s derby against Real Sociedad at the Reale Arena, however, their good progress in recent matches has slowed, resulting in 13 points out of a possible 15; This is now 14 out of 18.

Having edged Athletic in a numerical tie, Getafe temporarily advanced to the top half without stopping the goal bleeding, which had already scored 10 goals in the last four games.

Getafe had a better start, having already given a yellow card to Paredes in the 2nd minute, Paredes had to make a stop by catching Mayoral as he left alone; and in the 3rd round he shot over Simón’s goal, who stopped Maksimovic’s shot without any problems.

But the person who scored the goal Athletic After a foul on Vivian on the edge of the field. Berenguer handed over to Yuri, managed to shoot without anyone having to pressure him, and the ball even went past Soria, who more than stopped. He helped the ball get between the three sticks.

From there Azulones tried to take control of the match and even had a chance to draw. From Mayoral, who gets behind the defense and evades Vivian before finishing off Simón’s position. However The national goalkeeper was very sweet and cleared the ball with his heel.

Before this move, all the chances were in the hands of the locals in the middle of the first half and until the half-time. The most obvious were two from Guruzeta. In the first one, he attacked Soria, who created an opportunity by mistake, and in the second one, he attacked with a stick. blocked his cross kick.

Moreover De Marcos had a good chance after a nice pass from Ander Herrera His return as a replacement for the injured Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta is remarkable.

Everything seemed to be going rosy for Athletic, who played better than their opponents in the first half and were even in the ‘Champions’ position for the derby against Real Sociedad in Anoeta on Saturday.

But everything was a blur for the Basque team. Sancet’s red card during stoppage time in the first half. He was expelled from the game in an argument in which Diego Rico lifted his leg and touched the ball and then his opponent’s head.

And things got even worse for Athletic when they returned from the dressing room. Getafe It was tied after Aleñá’s corner kick. Gastón shot directly and touched Williams, perhaps the ball in his hand entering the local goal and confusing Simón.

Athletic looked dead and Williams looked tired, but nothing could be further from the truth. of these Ernesto Valverde they got better In Williams’ individual fight against Angeleri, who came out of De Marcos’ magnificent control, the Ghana national team made the score 2-1 with a diagonal shot.

Protected due to their numerical superiority José Bordalás They quickly recovered and made it 2-2, first with a very fierce long-range shot from Oscar Rodríguez, then in some confusion in the local area Simón cleared Latasa’s header off the line next to the crossbar.

Getafe persisted and got their reward with another header from Latasa. He finished the match magnificently with a no less brilliant center from Carmona from the right.

The conflict, which had been unexpectedly calm up to that point, ended in a fight. thong next to the bench the visitors, with various warnings and the expulsion of Getafe coach José Bordalás.