I’m expecting some kind of reaction here by Athletic Bilbao.

Both teams played the final of the Spanish Cup at the weekend, where Real Sociedad won 1-0. The performance of Athletic Bilbao there wasn’t normal. Lack of attitude, zero danger on attack, the team wasn’t recognizable.

Real Sociedad dominated the match but had to score from a penalty, because there weren't more chances. They are a pretty irregular team, as they have a young squad and have had many injuries during the season. For today, they have some new injuries of key players: David Silva, Illarramendi and Mikel Merino. Guridi is out too.

They aren’t either a strong home team, as only were able to win 6 of the 14 matches played there so far.

After achieving the historical feat of winning a title 34 years later, I’m expecting lack of motivation and ambition for this match. Players have been celebrating, feeling successful, and it’s too difficult to prepare a game 4 days later and be 100% competitive.

On the other hand, Athletic is a very competitive side. As said, their performance in the Spanish Cup final wasn’t normal. This wasn’t their real level, they have improved a lot with the new coach, and in the defeat always had chances of left good performances. But this was the first match with a new coach where they weren’t recognizable.

That’s why I’m expecting a huge reaction and revenge here. Since the first minute after the end of the match, they have been thinking in this fixture to fresh the mind and recover the motivation. Especially if the match is played against the same rival.

Both sides are at very similar level, but I even see Athletic slightly favorite due to the motivation here. They will be at 200% while Real Sociedad will be a bit relaxed after achieve the title just 4 days ago

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我希望毕尔巴鄂竞技对此有所反应。

两支球队都参加了周末的西班牙杯决赛，皇家社会以1-0获胜。毕尔巴鄂竞技的表现不正常。缺乏态度，攻击时零危险，这支队伍让人认不出来。

皇家社会主宰了比赛，但不得不点球得分，因为没有更多的机会。他们是一支非常不正规的球队，因为他们的阵容很年轻，而且在赛季中有很多人受伤。今天，他们有一些新受伤的关键球员:大卫·席尔瓦，伊拉拉米迪和米克尔·梅里诺。古里迪也不在。

他们也不是一支强大的主队，到目前为止，他们在14场比赛中只赢了6场。

在34年后取得了历史壮举——赢得冠军之后，我认为这场比赛缺乏动力和雄心。玩家们一直在庆祝，感觉很成功，但4天后准备一场比赛并保持100%的竞争力太难了。

另一方面，体育运动是一个非常有竞争性的方面。如前所述，他们在西班牙杯决赛中的表现并不正常。这不是他们真正的水平，他们在新教练的带领下有了很大的进步，在失败中总是有机会留下好的表现。但这是第一次在新教练执教的比赛中，他们被人认不出来。

这就是为什么我期待你的反应和报复。从比赛结束后的第一分钟开始，他们就一直在思考如何在这场比赛中恢复精神和动力。特别是当比赛的对手是同一个对手时。

双方处于非常相似的水平，但我甚至看到运动员因为动机在这里稍微受欢迎。他们将恢复到200%，而皇家社会在4天前获得冠军后会有点放松。