By Sergio Silva
06 Oct 2024, 2:41 PM EDT
Athletic Club did not have a good day this Sunday in the defeat against Girona FC (2-1) in which the Mexican goalkeeper Alex Padilla It had an outstanding performance but the two penalties missed by the Basque team ended up preventing it from achieving a better result.
Álex Padilla, 21 years old, had up to three important catches for the Basque team that finished with one less after the expulsion of Aitor Paredes in the play that allowed the Girona FC seal their victory via maximum penalty at minute 90+8. There the Mexican could not stop Christian Stuani’s shot.
Despite this, the young Mexican player responded well during the match that seemed to end in a draw after the goals of Yaser Asprilla (m.39) for the Catalans and Oihan Sancet (m.41) for the Basques.
One of Álex Padilla’s catches that stood out was one he made to the Girona FC midfielder, Yangel Herrera, in a great demonstration of reflexes on the part of the Mexican who reacted in time to the Venezuelan’s header inside the six-yard box and served with just the ball.
The Mexican goalkeeper, who was left out of El Tri’s list for this month’s double date of FIFA matches in which they will face Valencia and the United States National Team, continues to shine in his first season with the first team of the basques
No luck in penalties
Mexican Álex Padilla’s team had a couple of chances to take the lead in the match against Girona FC and change the course of what ended up being their third defeat of the season in the Spanish championship. However, luck from the penalty spot was not on their side.
First it was Álex Berenguer’s turn in the 28th minute, when the match was still goalless, but Girona FC’s Argentine goalkeeper, Paulo Gazzaniga, was in charge of stopping the Spaniard’s shot and keeping the score intact.
Then, with the 1-1 tie already on the scoreboard, it was Iñaki Williams and Ánder Herrera who could not execute their shot from twelve steps in the best way. Williams missed his shot but due to an overtake by Gazzaniga they were forced to repeat the charge. This time Herrera took the ball but the Argentine blocked again.
After this defeat, Athletic Club sees its streak of six games without losing between the local tournament and the Europa League come to an end and now faces the FIFA break, located in sixth place in the table in LaLiga with a record of four wins, two of draws and three defeats.
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