Athletic, with a lot of trouble to score, gets an insufficient draw against Slavia Prague
Czech goalkeeper Jindrich Stanek thwarted four clear red-white occasions.
Jindrich Stanek Slavia, goalkeeper of Prague, stops Robert Navarro's head.
The Athletic Club has tied without goals in Slavia Prague on the fifth day of the Champions League and has added an insufficient point in the Fortuna Arena. The Biscayan team has had quite a few opportunities to score, but it has failed once again.
Czech goalkeeper Jindrich Stanek missed four clear red-white goals, the first of which was scored by Oihan Sancet in the sixth minute.
The Navarro struck a center of Gorka Guruzeta at the penalty point but hit the ball on Stanek's body. Five minutes later, on 11, he tried from the edge of the area, but the shot went over the long line.
In the second half the Slavic goalkeeper saved his team three times, almost in a row, stopping the remates of Navarro (m.50), Sancet (m.52) and Navarro (m.53).
The red-white defender Aitor Paredes will not attend the sixth day Champions League match between Athletic and PSG in San Mamés, as Arrigorriaga's player has seen the third yellow card in today's match.
- Data sheet:
0 - Slavia Prague: Stanek; Moses, Chaloupek, Zima; Doudera (Holes, m.55), Sadilek, Zafeiris (Chytil, m.79), Mbodji (Boril, m.55); Provod, Chory and Sanyang (Kusej, m.55).
0 - Athletic Club: Unai Simon; Amitchell (Lekue, m.79), Vivian, Paredes, Adama; Galarreta (Jauregizar, m.59).
Referee: Donatas Rumsas (Lithuania). He showed yellow cards to Provod (m.15), Chory (m.15), Coach Trpisovsky (m.41), Guruzeta (m.19), Galarreta (m.48+48), Valverde (m.60) and Paredes (m.85).
Fifth day match of the Champions League Phase played in the Fortuna Arena, in front of about 20,000 spectators , including more than a thousand Athletic fans.
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