Amorebieta seeks compensation in Valladolid

They say that a nail drives out another nail. And the best way to forget about the setback caused by the defeat in Lezama at the hands of Leganés would be to achieve a brilliant victory in the visit that Amorebieta has this Sunday against José Zorrilla to face Valladolid. A challenge of those that ‘put’ Iñigo Vélez de Mendizabal and his team, which continues to reap better records and performances against those teams that play in the upper zone than against those called to be in ‘their league’.

The best venue in LaLiga SmartBank awaits Amorebieta this Sunday. Valladolid has only lost one clash in its fort, back in September against Tenerife, another of the ‘coconuts’ of a Second Division in which crowding is the dominant trend. Although the rope tightens differently by neighborhood. The group led by Pacheta is immersed in a close fight to return to the first step of football. The blues, on the other hand, see how the water level begins to rise worryingly. The positive part is that he still has time and tools to close that road and pump out water.

The way forward is clear, but not easy. Amorebieta must bring out his best version and minimize once and for all those errors and punctual lack of concentration that have been embittering them throughout the course. Taking that step forward so many times pointed out from Urritxe’s own dressing room. And the sooner the better, because time begins to run against the zornotzarras.

In Valladolid, the Blues will come up against a team that is much more stitched together and better armed than the one that visited and left Lezama thrashed. “We are the best team in attack,” Pacheta boasted in his appearance prior to this match, using the statistics. Not in vain, they are the team that generates the most arrivals and dangerous actions on the rival frame. The Amorebieta, is one of those who serves the area the most balls, the one that wins the most disputes. He also comes on time to the appointment with the goal in practically all his games. He has been doing it since November consecutively. On the other side of the scale, however, there is an important counterweight: the rivals also find a way to pierce their goal.

All these ingredients are the ones that dress this Sunday’s clash between Valladolid and Amorebieta, with three crucial points at stake. Depending on the development of the duel, and looking askance at other markers, adding a point in a field as complicated as José Zorrilla would not be all bad for the zornotzarras, although they should do well the next day in Lezama, where they must raise the list again. Thinking about the tie, however, is not in the DNA of this Amorebieta, who will go out to assault the Pucelano fort with his weapons: intensity, rhythm, punch and a lot of faith in his possibilities. And “maintain concentration during all the minutes”, as Iñigo Vélez de Mendizabal claims, knowing that disconnections against Valladolid can be fatal.

Álvaro Peña, come down

The coach from Vitoria will have to resolve a last-minute setback to draw up his line-up against Pacheta’s men. Álvaro Peña was finally unable to travel to Pucelana due to illness, leaving Vélez without one of his fittest players in midfield. In that medullary Iker Bilbao seems fixed in the pivot, either alone or forming a pair, one of the alternatives that the coach of Urritxe’s team is considering for the match. The doubts are in the possible companions of him. Markel, Olaetxea and Javi Ros are fighting for the other two places. In defense, Seguín could return to the left-handed lane after two games without even jumping to the green. Guruzeta and Obieta will be Vélez’s bet for the attack point.

The injured Ozkoidi and Aimar have been left out of the Vitoria-born coach’s list for this match, in addition to goalkeeper Mikel Saizar. At Valladolid, Pacheta will be able to count on practically all of his squad, since the only confirmed loss is that of central defender Joaquín due to suspension.