Athletic-Racing .. Both are seeking their first win of 2011

Athletic Bilbao and Racing Santander will look on Saturday at San Mames his first win of the year, in a game in which the premises looking for points to get closer to the European places and visitors consolidated in a quiet area of classification. With a win, the Athletic Club come to Ecuador for the season with 29 points, one fewer than last year at this point.

Joaquin Caparros's men also need to authenticate with a victory sensations, especially in terms of solid defense, significantly better than what they have reflected the results achieved since the change of schedule despite the rescue point in the Rose Garden on Saturday in the overtime.

As for the eleven, the technician has confirmed that Borja Utrera Ekiz, which debuted in Malaga, recur in the heart of the defense to pair with Aitor Ocio, handoff of a San Jose finally meet sanction through suspension after Athletic has decided to withdraw the last appeal. In addition, Toquero, having recovered from his physical problems, replace Iturraspe, which has gone from owner to get off the list, while Gurpegui Susaeta and also have options to return home to act in positions of David Lopez, who suffered a slight ankle sprain on Wednesday and Orbaiz.

The meeting will also premiere the new grass placed for nine days in San Mames and has worked on the staff now closed. For its part, the coach of Racing Santander, Miguel Angel Portugal, recover morning in his starting lineup to two of the most experienced players in the template, Pablo Pinillos and Gonzalo Colsa.

Racing comes to one of the most anticipated clashes each year for their fans with a wealth of one win and three draws in their last four games, which he has moved away from the relegation places, to place it in the fourteenth position to seven points of the trio that closes the classification (Sporting, Almeria and Zaragoza).

However, the Spaniard set has not won since 2003 in the Cathedral, which has left defeated in the last two league seasons (2-1 in the 2008-2009 season and 4-3 in 2009-2010). Portugal match tomorrow hold a "tactical", which attempt to curb the development of the Athletic game and try to insure themselves against the dangers of long balls to Fernando Llorente.

After the experience of last weekend against Sporting in El Sardinero, when his team got away victory in 91 minutes, Portugal seems to be a once opted to align more seniority, much like that provided in his last outing , against Atletico Madrid. Thus, Pinillos probably recover his position on the right side at the expense of Francis and Gonzalo Colsa return to midfield in place of filial young Ramón Arcas.

Another possible changes in the team will be in the lead, as the technical racinguista would opt for leaving the bench to replace Ivan Bolado and a midfielder, leading back to Pedro Munitis to pair with the Swedish attack Markus Rosenberg. In that case, taken to strengthen the midfield would be Adrian Gonzalez, since Portugal has few more options for that position after the fall Oscar Serrano, who has returned to the knee injury he had seven months out of the land game.

Probable lineup: Athletic: Iraizoz, Iraola, Ekiz, Leisure, Koikili; Susaeta, Gurpegui, Javi Martínez, Muniain; Toquero and Llorente. Racing: Toño, Pinillos, Henrique, Torrejón, Schism, Kennedy, Colsa, Lacen, Adrian; Munitis and Lacen. Referee: Ramírez Domínguez (Andalusian Committee). Country: San Mames.

Time: 15:00 hours Central Mexico

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