Athletic kick off the 2019-2020 season at home to champions Barcelona. After hosting Barcelona, Athletic will then travel to Getafe before returning home for the first Basque Derby of the year against Real Sociedad. The most interesting stretch of the season will take place in February when Athletic will play three straight Basque Derbies. After [...]
Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Bilbao’s run in the Europa League has been nothing less than phenomenal. The Basque based club knocked out the likes of Manchester United and Sporting Lisbon to book themselves a May 9th final date with giants Barcelona. Iker Muniain has promised to get a tattoo should his side beat Barcelona in the final. The [...]
After three years of wait, Real Madrid eventually bring the La Liga title back to the capital city after confirming their season effort at San Mames stadium this midweek by trashing Athletic Bilbao 3-0. Although there’s still two more games left to play, Madrid’s victory kept their seven points gap with Barcelona intact, so considering [...]
Athletic Bilbao managed to fulfill their ambition in reaching the Europa League final this season after successfully turning their 2-1 deficit in the first leg with a 3-1 victory over Portuguese representatives, Sporting Lisbon, at San Mames stadium. Marcelo Bielsa’s side should be thanking their main striker, Fernando Llorente, for the success as the Spanish [...]
Spanish duo Athletic Bilbao and Atletico Madrid will face off in the Europa League final slated for May 9th after defeating Sporting Lisbon and Valencia respectively in last night’s semi finals. Bilbao were 4-3 winners over Sporting while Atletico had a 5-2 aggregate win over Valencia. At the San Mames stadium, fans were treated to [...]
Athletic Bilbao’s poor form didn’t continue in Europe as they managed to pick up a massive 4-2 victory over Bundesliga representative, Schalke 04 on Thursday, in a very intense match from the kick off until final whistle. Fernando Llorente was once again the important actor for Bilbao with his brace, while wonder kid Iker Muniain [...]
Malaga move themselves back into fourth place after picking up an important 2-1 win over home team ,Espanyol, on Sunday, with goals from Ruud Van Nistelrooy and Martin Dimichelis. It wasn’t an easy ride though for Manuel Pellegrini’s side as they were forced to make a comeback after trailing a goal down in the first [...]
Athletic Bilbao finished what they’ve started as Marcelo Bielsa’s team spectacularly eliminated Manchester United from the Europa League with another inspiring victory in the second leg. Marcelo Bielsa’s team once again showed their quality and defeated Man United 2-1 on the night, extending the total aggregate to 5-3 in favor of the Basque outfit. [...]
Barcelona and Lionel Messi’s spectacular showing in the Champions League on Wednesday apparently inspired fellow La Liga sides on their Europa League adventure as once again, all of them picked up important victories against their opponents. Atletico Madrid, Athetic Bilbao and Valencia showed their credibility along with focus in the competition, earning all a well [...]
Having been strongly linked with a potential move to Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao’s midfielder, Javi Martinez remain calmed and doesn’t want to take the rumors seriously at least for the time being. Martinez, who is still under contract until 2016 doesn’t really buy the speculation saying that Barca are willing to pay the exact amount of [...]
