Gerenabarrena and Canales offer optimism for Athletic despite Sevilla setback | OneFootball

An early red card for Yuri shaped Athletic’s defeat to Sevilla at San Mamés, yet Gerenabarrena and Canales provided a bright note. As reported by as.com, the Lezama midfielders returning from spells away offered reasons to be upbeat in this new stage.

Edin Terzic backed the academy pair, signalling he is not wedded to reputations. Galarreta played only seven minutes, and Jauregizar remained unused after being a near-automatic partnership under Valverde.

Beñat Gerenabarrena came in on the back of strong form at Castellón and made his first-team bow alongside Hugo Rincón. Both are 23, becoming numbers 658 and 659 in the club’s history.

The holding midfielder, with Athletic since childhood, started at San Mamés. Rincón, at the club since cadete age, entered in the 74th minute for Aitor Paredes.

Gerenabarrena mixed work, recovery and personality, earned applause as he left and received an embrace from his coach. Canales, in his ninth Athletic appearance after a season of growth with Racing, noted the difficulty of playing almost 80 minutes with one fewer and highlighted the collective effort. Terzic later said both had done a fantastic job, a pointed message on a losing night.

Source: as.com

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