Nico Williams ruled out for tonight

Ernesto Valverde Yesterday the mystery about the possible participation was not cleared up Nico Williams in the first match of the Cup semi-final, which the team faces today Athletic vs Atletico Madrid at the Metropolitano. He had not even decided whether he would be included in the squad, which finally happened after the press conference and the last training session before the cup match.

The winger, the club announced on Saturday, He had to be replaced during Friday’s match against Mallorca “after an injury to the adductor muscles of his right thigh.”. For this reason, he trained outside the game in the following days.

Thanks to the recent lineup announcement, it’s already known that Niko won’t have a minute today. Bilbao’s coach decided not to call up the younger Williams, who ultimately could not overcome his physical problems. Alex Berenguer will take his place. As for the rest of the decisions, Valverde opted for Inigo Lecue at right-back and Julen Aguirrezabal back as goalkeeper. selected for the knockout tournament

So they’ll be playing from the start Julen Aguirrezabala, Iñigo Lecue, Dani Vivian, Aitor Paredes, Yuri Berchish, Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta, Benyat Prados, Iñaki Williams, Oyhan Sunset, Alex Berenguer and Gorka Guruzeta.

Unai Simon, Oscar de Marcos, Yeray Alvarez, Mikel Vesga, Dani Garcia, Ander Herrera, Unai Gomez, Iker Muniain, Adu Ares, Raul Garcia and Asier Villalibre will be waiting on the bench.

Since Valverde decided to send the entire team on an expedition to Madrid, he had to withdraw. Therefore, after the final screening, Imanol García de Albeniz, Miquel Jaureguizar and Nico Williams did not participate in the competition.

Atlético, for their part, will start with Oblak, Nahuel Molina, Savic, Witsel, Reinildo, Lino, Barrios, Koke, De Paul, Griezmann and Depay. Moldovan, Gomes, Hermoso, Paulista, Saul, Correa, Llorente, Riquelme, Vermeeren and Morata will sit on the bench.