ANDl Athletic closes week of three games with a win and two draws. The lions have only lost one match so far this season and the derby reinforces them. Marcelino believes that he does it with fewer points than he deserves. The technician considered that the merits of Athletic were greater than those of Real Sociedad. “We played a great game. In my modest opinion in the general calculation of the game we were superior. We tied up a very good team, we played in their field with a very nice spectacle in the fans, we shot more times than they did on goal …. We went against the tide in everything in the face of an action (the penalty) that could be similar to one that they did not whistle at us in the first half. But we have always believed. The draw, at least it is fair because if someone deserved to win it was us “, stressed.
The Iñigo Martínez’s expulsion was considered “very rigorous. I told a great referee like Munuera. That card was as yellow as Merino’s was red, that without having the option to play the ball he kicked. If you don’t expel one, don’t expel another. It seems very rigorous to me to leave a team with ten footballers “.
Yeray’s ‘quiet’ problems
Athletic finished with 10 and with the rear very touched for Friday’s game against Cádiz. Iñigo Martínez will be punished by the red card and Vivian will continue to be absent due to his injury. Marcelino, who can always use the subsidiary to complete the call, has two centers, Yeray and Nuñez, although the first has physical problems. Yeray has been three months without playing due to patellar tendinopathy and after completing the match against Espanyol he played against Real with the adductor touched.
Marcelino knew nothing of Yeray’s annoyances. “He had an adductor problem that I was not aware of. It seems that the annoyance was no more during the game, but we will see what happens and what is the evolution during these days. “
