The “perfect game” of Nico Williams, whose loyalty to Athletic closes the doors to Barça

Nico Williams won last night even the ‘rock, paper, scissors’ that was played at the end of the match with Lamine to see who would drink from the water bottle first. The Athletic player pulled out scissors while the Barça player opted for the paper. It was the culmination of a perfect night for the most dazzling player of the national team in this Euro Cup. The “perfect match”.

A match without error

Nico became the first player to score a goal, provide an assist and close the game without missing a single pass (46 of 46). Georgian right-back Kakabadze greeted him with a soft-kick, a rough tackle next to the Spanish bench that the referee did not signal and left Nico in pain. Far from being intimidated, in the next one he beat him to the byline and hung a screw that Morata narrowly missed. It would be a constant throughout the night. The Athletixc wingerand climbed onto the podium of Spain’s youngest scorers in the Euro Cup, since the 21 years and 354 days with which he scored the goal against the Georgians have only been surpassed in precocity by Cesc (21 years and 37 days) and Ferran Torres (21 years and 115 days). A record that threatens his friend Lamine Yamal, who had several chances and the one that ended up in the net was disallowed for offside.

The little Williams has become the great threat for a Germany that looks at him with fear. While the Bild He described him as “a whirlwind and a super sprinter,” Kicker He preferred to focus on his ability to “stand up and lift his head.” Something that Kimmich will have to stop, who already showed his strengths against Vinicius in the Champions League. Nico already knows that the German suffers when backing up and does not have fast lateral movement. There was also the circumstance thatn Colonia was the player’s entire family, including his parents, his brother Iñaki and his friends from the team, who had arrived in the German city to support him in this round of 16 match against Georgia. “It’s a plane, we already knew it from the League, but it’s having an incredible Euro Cup,” said a resigned Mamardashvili, who held his team until Rodri and Fabián took a step forward.

Nico, who has traveled 26.5 kilometers in the three games in which he has participated, has reached a speed of 34.7 kilometers per hour and has shot at the opponent’s goal seven times. As I warned Kicker, in the first games he has been more aware of gaining the back line to serve passes to his teammates. But against Georgia, De la Fuente asked him to be a little more selfish and look for one on one to finish the play himself.. And that was what he did in the 75th minute when he faced Gvelesiani and cut back on the run to leave him in the path and shot Marmadashvili before captain Kashia managed to block his shot by diving to the ground.

In Spain only playing for Athletic is considered

Nico is on everyone’s lips in Germany for his excellent performances, but especially in Barcelona. Those close to the club have tried to create the belief that the player prefers Flick’s team as his next destination, taking advantage of his friendship with Lamine Yamal. But the reality, as he revealed in March in an interview with EL PERIÓDICO DE ESPAÑA, His priority was to play in Europe with his brother with Athletic, something he will do after renewing his contract with Athletic. After that he will open the door to an experience outside of Spain because does not contemplate facing Athletic with the shirt of another team that plays in our League. This year Valverde’s Leones will play the Europa League and then He is attracted to the Premier League because of its back-and-forth style of play. The clause that the Ibaigane club has given him after his recent renewal, of ‘only’ 58 million, is an invitation to pay it by the club that wants to take over his services. But Nico is not attracted to the idea of ​​facing Athletic with another team’s shirt.

The player is focused on the Euro Cup and does not pay attention to the rumors that link him to Barcelona. He is enjoying the tournament with this protagonist that he has acquired and with his relationship with his ‘little brother’ Lamine, with whom he spends the hours at the Spanish camp in Donaueschingen.

2024-07-01 09:28:17
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