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And suddenly, almost without expecting it, the League remembers in Bilbao that it is still there, that not everything is a Cup (follow the game live on As.com). Athletic spends the days between finals, but must park the KO tournament until April 3, when it is cited against Real Sociedad in the longest derby in history, a year has lasted due to the pandemic. And then he will start to think about the second chance against Barcelona 14 days later.
Precisely, the ticket to that first final was one year old on Friday. He arrived against Granada, in Nuevo Los Cármenes, on March 5, 2020, with an agonizing shoe from Yuri that gave the pass. The beginning of everything that has come after. A Super Cup and the dream of a triplet. The option to reconcile with the glorious history, to get on the Barge again. Granada has not lived in bitterness precisely after that elimination in the semifinals, since it ended up making history last season precisely against Athletic. He qualified with a win that hurt in Bilbao for a Europa League in which he is still very much alive.
The lions arrive exhausted after the enormous effort and agony at the cupbearer crossing. The Ciutat de València left them on Thursday for the drag and Marcelino will move pieces. He has everyone at his disposal, except Íñigo Martínez, who will fulfill the second of the four games with which he was punished Competition for the League red against Levante, a sanction that was ratified by Appeal and the TAD.
The Granada thing is a drama in terms of casualties and their gaze, whether they want to or not, is heading to the knockout stages of the Europa League that open on Thursday against the Norwegian Molde. Last matchday’s victory against Elche (2-1) ended a losing streak of six games without winning in the league. Diego Martínez has had twelve players in the infirmary. He did not give the call and hopes to recover someone at the last minute.
First confrontation between Marcelino and Diego Martínez. They both met at Sevilla in the 2011-12 season. The Asturian was the first coach and the man from Vigo was directing the youth.
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