Yesterday Valverde celebrated his 400th game as Athletic coach. He did it against one of his former teams and had an early signing. 1-0 victory over Valencia, the first of the season, and Unai Nuñez headed home. Double gift for a special moment.
The truth is that the red and white team once again showed the characteristic stamp of Valverde’s teams on the grass. Tralla, tralla and more tralla. At this level, Athletic showed a noticeable improvement compared to the opening day against Getafe.
Valverde didn’t hurt the rings this time when it came to turning the quarry. Adama, who formed the left wing with Djaló, served as the starter with Jauregizar and Beñat Prados forming a double pivot. The latter thanked the trust given to him by scoring the winning goal. A great goal that translated into three points.
A ‘new’ central
The big news of the day in the red and white key, after all, came a few hours before the start of the match in San Mamés. Athletic and Celta have simultaneously announced the return to the Bilbao club of Unai Nuñez, a 27-year-old center back trained at Lezama, on a season-long loan. Ironically, both players had to pack their bags for Vigo once Jon Uriarte landed as president and Valverde in his third spell as coach of Bilbao’s first team.
The need for a fourth center back in the current red and white squad is evident. The impossibility of signing Laporte, too. The return of Nuñez, who during his time as a lion preferred not to emphasize his surname, comes less than two weeks after Celta signed him as LaLiga’s celestial signing. That same day. August 15, Athletic receive Getafe in San Mamés.
From Lezama, it is not yet known what fate awaits Egiluz, the Bilbao Athletic center back who has not yet convinced Valverde. There is no shortage of girlfriends, they say.
Source: La Verdad
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