Athletic Bilbao

Philip Mboya
Europa League

Its Bilbao v Atletico In Europa League Final

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 a very entertaining fixture between two sides that did not fail to entertain.

The game seemed to be heading for extra time until Fernando Llorente struck in the 88th minute to make it 3-1 on the night (4-3 on aggregate) and break the hearts of the traveling fans.  Read more... (383 words, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)

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Bilbao Continue to Roar in Europa League

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 along with Oscar de Marcos added the goals for the Basque based outfit to cancel two Raul Gonzales’ strikes.  Read more... (412 words, estimated 1:39 mins reading time)

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Malaga Grab Fourth Place Spot, Atletico and Bilbao Disappoints Again

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 half from Philippe Coutinho.  Read more... (371 words, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)

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Bilbao Secured Europa League Passage After Another Victory Over Man United

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.  Read more... (419 words, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)

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Spanish Glory Continues in Europa League

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 deserved result which could a valuable asset for their upcoming second leg fixtures.  Read more... (507 words, estimated 2:02 mins reading time)

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Javi Martinez Doubting the Truth About Barcelona Rumors

JAVI MARTINEZHaving 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 his buy out clause which worth around 40 million Euro, obviously a pretty high cash even for the Catalan outfit.  Read more... (420 words, 1 image, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)

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Three Spaniards Advanced in Europa League

All three Spanish teams, Atletico Madrid, Valencia and Athletic Bilbao successfully go through the next round of Europa League after beating their opponents in the second leg on Thursday.

Atletico added their advantage over Lazio with a 1-0 victory, El Che also doubled their aggregate against Stoke City courtesy of Jonas’ strike, while Bilbao earned an important 1-0 victory thanks to Iker Muniain’s strike.  Read more... (358 words, estimated 1:26 mins reading time)

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La Liga Week Three Preview

The city of Seville takes centre-stage for the third week of La Liga action as local rivals Real Betis and Sevilla clash at the Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera. Sevilla did the double over their neighbours last season, winning 3-0 at home and 2-0 away, but Betis have splashed out big money this summer and will be desperate to put one over their old enemies.

To do that though, Betis will need to improve on a disappointing run of results that has left them without a win since mid-April and with just one point from their opening two games against Recreativo Huelva and Getafe this season.  Read more... (540 words, estimated 2:10 mins reading time)

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