The effects of Athletic weather

Athletic closed the season last week in the Copa de la Reina semifinal. He fell well against Real Madrid and, unfortunately, the team of Iraia Iturregi to surprise, really. If it was already complicated by the level of the rivalry, it was further complicated by the early goal of the meringues and the injury of an important player in the defensive framework of the rojiblancas as Oihane Valdezate.

After the game, they asked the Athletic coach about the balance of the season. As normal and logical, Iturregi said that at that time he could not make a proper assessment, that he had to think. I understand that you have done this. It has already been stated that in the League they have set themselves the goal of improving on last season and they are five points away from achieving it. I was not happy with that. It certainly gives more value to the semifinals of the Cup and also to the very young average age, so you have to value this situation as well.

I will make my balance of the season for the rojiblancas based on the five F’s: reliable, final, signing, future and terrible.

legit because I trusted Iraia Iturregi in front of the Athletic bench. I think there is no better figure (see another efe) than him to direct the rojiblanca ship. I understand that he will continue and I think he still has things to contribute to a team that is clearly growing and has goals that the coach of Bilbao will understand better than anyone.

Finally. In the gates of a Cup final, in the gates of finally winning that title. One of the few left by the Ibaigane club. The worst thing, or the best, however you want to see it, is that it gives the feeling that, until now, this is the only title that the lions can aspire to. Yes, it happens as in the case of the men’s team. Let’s see if the next edition of the Cup will be the final one.

sign I will not sign the same period for next year. I think that in the League, the rojiblancas can aim for more ambitious goals than permanence itself. I’m not talking about European positions, because as the competition is set up, thinking about the first three places seems like an impossible mission, but it means traveling to a more comfortable place, one half of the table above .

tomorrow The truth is a shame that established players like Ouch, hernandez and ValdesateThey will not continue. Those signatures are missing. Of course, the future is secured in a more than interesting way. Namely: Zubieta, spider, uriarte, hill, Azcona, schulze, Fined, snow. Great and interesting blow made. The interesting thing is that they stayed in their football heyday. The future also includes new faces, signings (another effect), getting to know each other.

AND heavy the message of nekane diez in his farewell as a lion. A legend of the rojiblanco team, his numbers say it all, second top scorer, fourth player with the most matches and his message, more. “I don’t know if it is possible for a player to make his debut in the first team at the age of 15 (he is the earliest debutant in the history of the club, even before Iker Muniain), but the future is sure. and hopefully one of these young people I surpassed myself in goals and matches. I mean, for sixteen years he has felt and lived what Athletic”. Happy ending. Double efe to finish. It will not be a thing on another Thursday.