“If the team goes badly, you have to push everyone to move forward and in the end it’s also a learning experience.” Valverde knows what it’s like to coach Bilbao Athletic for the first time. The now coach of the lions once passed through the bench of the subsidiary. Before he did it for others from the lower category of the Bilbao club.
A few years ago in the Ibaigane entity it was discussed the importance of having a team in Second A, what would be LaLiga SmartBank, to facilitate or promote the jump of puppies to Athletic. The club also bet on a coach with experience in the First Division to take over the management of the first team in case of need, dismissal or natural relief.
Current Bilbao Athletic seem to be heading for relegation. The classification and the trajectory of the rojiblanco subsidiary indicate this. Last in the standings, ten points from safety with only ten days to go before the end of the league championship. With the boys having won just four games in the league, it looks unlikely that they will be able to get rid of the burn. In mathematics, despite everything, today there are still options.
Mikel González, Athletic’s director of sports, pointed out a few weeks ago, in statements on the club’s own official website, about the situation of the subsidiary that “we should also not lose focus on the fact that in Bilbao Athletic the main the goal is that the players are ready to reach the first team and that being said, even if the team is in a bad situation, we are very confident that there is a lot of potential to take care of the first team and that in the medium term there are some players who will play here in San Mames”.
In this season, at this moment, the debut as a lion of Adu Ares has already taken place. The debut of the rojiblanco winger in the Primera took place on the opening day of the current Liga. He joined the match against Mallorca in San Mamés in the 86th minute, replacing Iñaki Williams. After that, he was called up again and even on the bench, but not really jumping on the pitch.
The results are not important, keep the current managers of Lezama, because the training continues. The truth is that the current board of directors and the current managers of the youth academy saw Bingen Arostegi, a coach of their choice, dismissed at the end of the twelfth day of the match.
bottom line
The cubs are in last position in the table tied on points with La Nucía and Calahorra (12), one from Real Unión and Intercity (13) and two from safety marked by Sabadell (14) given their Baggage of three victories , three draws and six losses with six goals for and 15 matches. In Lezama, they chose at the time to sign Álex Pallarés, a Barcelona coach with almost no references from Bilbao Athletic.
16 days after changing the bench, the Athletic subsidiary continues to be at the bottom with 22 points (more than ten than the previous coach) and with safety currently scored by La Nucía and Sabadell, both with a game less , at a distance of ten points. The current coach’s balance is one win, seven draws and eight losses. In Lezama, unlike what happened in Arostegi, they advocated its continuation.
The club also bet this season to proceed with some movements in its subsidiary squad. Since the arrival of the new coach, players such as Tascón, Ewan, Naveira, Lorente and Pascual have left Lezama and Izeta, who signed at Eibar when he was on loan at Amorebieta, Quicala, Iñigo López and Asier Pérez have arrived. In recent games there have also been the debuts of Barandalla, Palacín and Bita, among others.
Source: La Verdad
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