Quarter Final Cup: Athletic Bilbao-Barcelona.
We go with the local tie or victory.
Big match that we will have in Bilbao next Thursday in the quarterfinals.
The Basques arrive in these rooms after qualifying on penalties in Tenerife (eighths) and Elche (sixteenths), while Barcelona won in Ibiza and against Leganés.
As locals, Athletic is the 6th best place so far in the League, with 21 points (and Athletic-Getafe today to be played) and only 4 goals conceded, being the 2nd least thrashed team in the league championship (15).
So far this season, they have only lost one game at home (0-1 vs Valencia), having won 8 and tied 3, including the victory in J1 against Barça (1-0), and 7 goals to 0 .
For their part, those of Setién must also play today the Barcelona-Levante of the J22.
However, despite their victory in the Cup, they will be wrapped in a sea of doubts, and that is that the league defeat in Mestalla (2-0) hurt in Barcelona. Defeat that led to the loss of leadership in favor of Real Madrid.
With Setién, they have played 4 matches, with three victories (Granada, Ibiza, Leganés) and one defeat (Valencia), although the victories do not seem to give the confidence that is needed.
Hopefully Athletic will once again demonstrate that strength it has at home and give us another pick.
