[Sport] Athletic knows how to do homework

[#Steeven.™]

Athletic closes the quota of the teams that will take part this Friday in the draw for the quarterfinals. The lions enter the drum after going back to an Alcoyano who came ahead at halftime. Villalibre and Williams signed the comeback of an Athletic that put an end to the tremendous career of an Alcoyano that had not lost any of its last 10 games and that among them counted for victories the cup crosses against Huesca and Real Madrid. The people from Alicante dreamed of another magical night after Pablo Carbonell made it 1-0 before the break.

Marcelino traced the Ibiza plan and opted for rotations. Only the centrals, Nuñez and Yeray, repeated with respect to the eleven that started in LaLiga's win against Getafe. A manual exercise when there are three games a week and you have an inferior rival in front of you. The lions were aware of who they were up against. In case there was someone clueless in the first minute Ángel López crashed a shot at the post and in 60 seconds later Moltó reiterated with a header that the night was difficult.

The game was even. Alcoyano came out quickly from balls towards Mourad and Athletic wanted to handle something else from the good foot of Unai López, who started as a starter with Marcelino after overcoming a knee sprain. Two heads by Nuñez in as many strategic actions were Athletic's best options in the first half hour. The duel continued without an owner until in 39 'Pablo Carbonell asked for a foul made by Unai López on the edge of the area. Alcoi's southpaw surprised Ezkieta, who flew with a soft hand and could not prevent the goal. Alcoi was beginning to believe that there was a party. Vesga was about to equalize in the last action before the break but missed the shot.

 

Known path
The halftime talk in the Athletic dressing room had the same consequences as a week ago in Can Misses. Raúl García and Munian entered the meeting through Sancet and Morcillo. And the effect was similar because the lions tied almost the same. A good center from Lekue from the three-quarter zone ended in an impeccable header from Villalibre, which left José Juan with the mold.

Ten minutes later Athletic was close to getting ahead with the intervention of the author of the tie and of the two who came out of refreshment. Raúl García made a hole in the right wing and took a center that Muniain touched but which Villalibre did not reach in good condition. The party was alive. And Marcelino loved him even more when he introduced Williams. Vicente Parras responded with changes to stop an Athletic that had inclined the game but did not finish finishing it. Despite the discomfort, Alcoyano played with the certainty that raising the uncertainty time would increase the anxiety of the Super Cup champion.

He could not stretch it much because the rojiblancos hardly took in doing the second. José Juan stayed midway through and Williams scored an excellent free-kick from Muniain, who since Marcelino's arrival there is not a day in which he has not offered an assist in strategy. Williams was around 1-3, but there he did run into José Juan, who made Real Madrid bitter. The goalkeeper made a phenomenal save from a close header from the rojiblanco striker.