Athletic is preparing to pass the second test of the 2024-25 preseason. After losing on Saturday against Burgos at home (2-1), the team Valverde He will face another team from the silver division, Racing de Santander, where he is playing on loan. Unai won. The Bilbao midfielder is in his second consecutive season on loan after playing for Eibar managed by Joseba Etxeberria. The event will be held in Lasesarre starting at half past seven in the afternoon, which will be broadcast live on the YouTube channel of the Ibaigane club.
The Cantabrian team finished in a more than creditable seventh place last season with 64 points, the same as Oviedo, the last team qualified to compete in the play off for promotion to the First Division. The former lion Inigo Vicente He plays for the Sardinero team but is not expected on the Barakaldo field today as he is recovering from an injury that occurred in the last stage of last season.
Ernesto Valverde He made only one change to the squad in relation to the players who traveled to Burgos on Saturday. The Bilbao Athletic center back Aimar Duñabeitia enter through Mikel Vesga, who is suffering from a minor muscle injury in his right leg. Gasteiztarra had to be relieved by Jauregize at half time of the match played at El Plantío.
The complete list of footballers is the one formed by the goalkeepers of the subsidiary Alex Padilla and Oier Gastesi; the protectors Gorosabel, Lekue, Yes, Yuri Berchiche, Hugo Rincon, First Egiluz, Aimar Duñabeitia and Adama Boiro; the midfielders Ander Herrera, like, Jauregize and Gerenabarrena and the attackers Iñaki Williams, Hello Ares, Sancet, Berenguer, Djaló, Olabarrieta, Peio Canales, Javi Marton and Gorka Guruzeta.
As was the case in the first friendly of the preseason, they collapsed From Marcos, Walls, Galarretta and First Gómez (the one from Bermeo worked yesterday with his colleagues outside Lezama), suffering from discomfort that came from the first days of preparation. The Laguardia full-back confirmed in the Athletic captain’s press conference that he has adductor discomfort, but added that he hopes to join the dynamic group as soon as possible.
In addition, they also cause low First Simonoperated on his right wrist, Julen Agirrezabalawith a triple fracture in the lumbar area, and They lived and Nico Williamswent on vacation after the Euro Cup on July 14.
This afternoon’s friendly is the first this week. The lions visit Sporting de Portugal on Saturday at the José Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon (8:30 pm). On Sunday, July 28, they will enjoy a rest day and on Monday, July 29, the week starts with two more matches, on Thursday, August 1 against Eibar at La Llanas and on Saturday, August 3 against Osasuna, also in Lasesarre, in the final of the Euskal Herria Txapela that will face the two best Basque teams from last season, counting only the derbies
Source: La Verdad
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