Valverde began his third spell as Athletic coach on Monday. Since as far back as May 21, 2017, the day he closed his second cycle on the rojiblanco bench in the now-defunct Vicente Calderón against Atlético Madrid, Txingurri has not coached the lions in an official competitive match again. . After five years, the Gasteiz coach returned to his roots as a First Division coach.
More than half of that team that lost the old mattress feud still belongs to the Athletic discipline. Five of those lions were even measured on Monday against Javier Aguirre’s team in San Mamés. De Marcos, Yeray, Muniain and Iñaki Williams were part of Valverde’s first starting eleven in the 2022-23 League and Raúl García came on in the second half while Lekue, as before at Calderón, spent the entire match on the bench and Balenziaga , starter in Madrid, didn’t even enter the call when he was injured.
Athletic, seeing what was seen, has not changed much in five years in this part. That eleven from Bilbao that lost 3-1 in the last match at the Vicente Calderón consisted of Kepa; De Marcos, Yeray, Laporte, Balenziaga; San José, Ituraspe, Beñat; Raúl García, Aduriz and Muniain. Iñaki Williams, the scorer of the red-and-white goal, replaced Iturraspe after the break and Lekue, like on Monday, spent the entire match on the bench.
Valverde’s first eleven in his third spell at Athletic, as a reminder, consisted of Unai Simón; De Marcos, Vivian, Yeray, Yuri; vesga Iñaki Williams, Sancet, Muniain, Berenguer; and Villaliber.
Source: La Verdad
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