More than a simple game for Athletic

Athletic Club and Real Sociedad are just two days away from playing the first derby of the season in San Mamés (Sunday, 9 pm) and yet to take place, the match is generating a lot of talk. Despite the fact that Donostia insists that for them the confrontation against the rojiblancos is “just another game”, the events of the last few days – the case filed in court to delay the match in the Cup and consequently postponed the derby – instead they showed the opposite.

Meanwhile, in Bilbao, Athletic continue to do their thing. Without giving it extraordinary importance, but being aware that this is a special fight and winning will mean a significant energy boost. Because whoever said this derby was just another match among many others is lying. We must deal with it as it is and avoid absurd tantrums that only harm the healthy rivalry that exists between both fans.

The matter, however, does not end here, because in addition to Real’s unsuccessful attempts, a new controversy has opened, this time on social networks. In this case, the official LaLiga account for the institutional content published this past Tuesday on the social network A fact that rightly angered the athletics people for being wrong.

And you only have to do a quick internet search to realize that this season Athletic has up to 17 Lezama-trained footballers in the first team: Unai Simón, Agirrezabala, Padilla, Vivian, Paredes, Yeray, Nuñez, Lekue, Sancet , Galarreta, Unai Gómez, Jauregizar, Beñat Prados, Iñaki and Nico Williams, Guruzeta and Nico Serrano.

A simple human error that, however, comes in the middle of a week with a hot atmosphere that will raise the temperature as what, far from absurd arguments, the best derby in the League is approaching.