Friday, November 8, 2024, 9:55 p.m.
The four Biscayan First Federation teams are having different trajectories at this start of the league. While the recently promoted <a href="https://www.archysport.com/2022/01/first-move-in-bilbao-athletic-arberas-to-gernika/" title="First move in Bilbao Athletic: Arberas, to Gernika”>Barakaldo rubs shoulders with true ocean liners in the noble zone of the table – it is third – the reality of its neighbors is very different. Bilbao Athletic -seventeenth-, Sestao River -eighteenth- and Amorebieta -twentieth and therefore bottom- are trying to reverse their negative dynamics and get some oxygen so as not to suffocate from the beginning in the relegation positions they currently occupy.
If they all have something in common, it is that this twelfth day will bring them the most demanding challenges possible within this group. First of all, Bilbao Athletic will host Gimnàstic de Tarragona this Saturday at 4:00 p.m. in Lezama, which is one of the clubs with the most tradition and budget in the category. In fact, he stayed right on the edge of the climb and retained his spine. However, their start to the league has not lived up to expectations. They are ninth, three points above relegation and just two away from the play-off places.
On Sunday at 12:00 it will be the turn of Amorebieta and Barakaldo. They both play at home. Natxo González will make his debut on the blues’ bench at the Espiñedo Stadium, the home of an Arenteiro who is one of the group’s revelation teams. The Galician team does not stop growing and is currently in second position. Without a doubt, it will be a tough nut to crack for the Zornotzarra squad. Meanwhile, the factories will try to continue their sweet moment against the recently relegated Andorra. One of the best teams in the category on paper, which also demonstrates its power on the green. He is fifth, being only two points behind Imanol de la Sota’s team.
Finally, on Sunday at 7:30 p.m., Sestao River will have the tough task of trying to add to the home of the almighty leader: Cultural Leonesa. The Leonese were already one of the favorites for promotion from the beginning and their performance in this first stretch of the league has been outstanding. They have added 27 of the 33 possible points, without knowing defeat and distancing themselves by seven points from second. For the moment, he rules with an iron fist in the classification. The green and black will try to emulate the epic triumph of the last day of last year, which earned them salvation.
