Good afternoon everyone and welcome to one of the great games of matchday eight of the League! Athletic and Sevilla meet in San Mamés to continue advancing in their respective and different objectives. The lions have three consecutive wins in the League and do not want to stop in their fortress of San Mamés, while the Andalusians arrive after the second victory of the season and anything that means adding in such a complex territory will be well seen. Because in this process of laying the foundations for a new project it was half expected that there would be problems in sight. What was not on the roadmap was extend García Pimienta’s contract at the first doubt from the stands. It will be the first meeting with the Sevilla coach carrying his new contract (2027).
Ernesto Valverde does not raise any doubts among its fans. This week there was no interweekly League match, but there was a European premiere. The Extremaduran coach relativizes this, regarding that accumulated fatigue in your players or the need to make rotations. He will have to move his eleven due to some physical problems and to give Athletic freshness. The duel against Roma on Thursday is very fresh. It was the first in a long series until Christmas. Later you will have to check how long your template is. It’s still early.
What the coach of the red and white team is clear about is that They must not let points slip away from their fiefdom against rivals from the second half of the standings. Athletic has been strong away from its stadium and needs San Mamés to be just as impenetrable. in front you will have a Seville that competes well and wins little. With numerous casualties in their midfield, vital that of Saulwill trust everything to one against one of its extremes (Ejuke and Lukebachio). On the last outing in Mendizorroza Seville was shipwrecked. They cannot repeat that image. Great game from 4:15 p.m. that we told you about in MARCA. Let’s go to football!
