Arsenal, more specifically The Trosssard-Martinelli connection bitterly bitter the Athletic his return to the Champions League eleven years later, a height match that adorned San Mamés but that fell on the English side with so many Brazilian and the Belgian in two plays among them shortly to jump both to the pitch.
Opened the marker Gabriel Martinelli Beating Unai Simon in a hand in hand that left him a long ball of Leandro Trosssard and in which he won the race to Andoni Gorosabel and Aitor Paredes; And closed it Trosssard with a weird shot after the pass back in a casting on the left of his partner.
Mikel Arteta came out with the That he appeared in the cathedral because, first, he held a determined Athletic and in the end he decided the encounter with the changes.
Ernesto Valverde, meanwhile, was missing Nico Williams and Aymeric Laporte, and a better version of Iñaki Williams and Oihan Sancet, to replicate a rival of the entity and the power of this arsenal.
Valverde surprised with unexpected changes In the alignment and with Iñaki Williams again of ‘9’, something for which the rojiblanco coach already sporadically opts. In fact he has preferred several times to advance Berenguer When he has not left with a center striker.
Most surprising were even the changes in LatinErales, Gorosabel and Adama for the titles A. Probably the 0-1 on Saturday in this isCenario against Alavés had a good part of the fault of it.
In front, Arteta, quite the opposite, came out with the provisions of Blocks of Spaniards, four, and English, three.
In the midst of an impressive environment and a deafening noise, Athletic began better, which went for Arsenal to his field directed in midfield for Jauregizar and dynamized in attack by Berenguer, who came out on the right wing and exchanged positions with Navarro, which started on the left.
A good rojiblanco start that resulted in more arrivals than on occasionions If a shot of Jauregizar that was the first card from the game to Rice.
Mediated the first half was made with the control of arsenal, which He began to percate on the right with Madueke and to finish with Gyökeres. The Swedish shot first too chosen towards Simon’s position and then hooked a good header, to Centro de Timber, who left out in what was the best occasion of his team until the break.
Gyökeres had to put a bandage in the CABEza because a gap was made in a clash with his partner Gabriel from which he pushed him enough blood.
The Athetic was refused in the final stretch of the first half and Berenguer opted To shoot, too crossed, when I had Navarro in good position.
A high header from Sancet, a corner thrown by Berenguer, closed a Intense first and with the two teams in a good version, although scarce of goal occasions.
The shock from changing rooms continued in the same dynamic, although perhaps A little more broken and with arrivals in both more continuous areas.
He opened Gyökeres fire with another header, center of Rice; Athle continuedICT with an counter in which Sancet did not see only Gorosabel; Simon appeared to stop two shots with his difficulties from Medueke; Williams also tested at bay; and MerinOr, with another header, advanced the 0-1 that Martinelli achieved.
The Brazilian, newly incorporated, took advantage of a long Trosssard pass for Beat Simon in hand, to which the ball passed under the body, after winning the race to Gorosabel and Paredes.
It was a very hard sagging for Athletic and a balm for ArsInal, who tried to control and play and, when he could, look for 0-2. A new goal that found another connection between Martinelli and Trosssard. That time was the Brazilian the Sirvior, after a large casting on the left, and the Belgian who finished off. A strange shot that almost did not see where he had entered the local goal.
