In the early days there tends to be odd games that have little relevance to the rest of the season because teams will literally do more. The Athletic was collecting anecdotes of the skirmishes in which he inaugurated the Suspenders this century. Some are positive, others very negative, but all are fondly remembered Bilbao.
The first League fully held in s. XXI started 1-3 for the lions in the derby of Anoetawith the Urzaiz scoring pair The 2002-03 debut was even worse. The 4-2 where the Athletic It was the least because September 1, 2002 would begin a trial that would haunt him for years. gurpegi, who definitely made two goals from Bilbao. He tested positive and, after a thousand resources and an endless process full of irregularities, he had to serve a two-year sentence. It was not cleaned until he returned in April 2008.
These opening days, logically, are prone to debuts. Valverde led the first of 306 official stakes that marks him as the coach who has sat the most on the bench Athletic on the opening date of the 2003-04 season. The fun is incomplete because the Barcelona sing of victory. also premiered Iraola like a lion and Rijkaard and a symbol like Ronaldinho They did the same with the side culé.
Who would have thought that the ‘black biennium’ would start with a resounding 3-0 true who besieged the leader of the Bilbao squad. The first day of the 2006-07 season will be remembered, for worse, at the San Sebastian ground. Undiano Mallenco Y Fermin Martinezhis assistant, transformed a hand of Aduriz in the place txuri urdin in a punishment that the striker himself changed. really, Julen Guerrero he did the kick-off that day after retiring.
The 2011-12 season started with a Athletic 1-1 Ray which is the debut of Bielsa in League and Ituraspe he will sign one of the three goals he has made in his 320 commitments as a lion. The next start is crazier. The Legs it was 0-3 after half an hour San Mamesthe locals leveled the contest for 75′, however the Verdiblancos had the last word (3-5).
The controversy changed sides in 2014-15. Still no one knows why Mateu Lahoz canceled the purpose of Iraizoz in Malaga that would be allowed Athletic scratch a point for the discount. In the following exercise, Barcelona took revenge on San Mames six days after taking the lions a Super Cup that frustrated the sextet of those Luis Enrique. For its part, 2016-17 began with a loss to The Molinon (2-1) that opened the season with a unique rotation of goalkeepers established Valverde Come in Iraizoz, Kepa and Herrerin.
More anecdotes from the first date of the 2018-19 championship. Especially under the sticks. First Simon have to debut against Leganes for a busy summer where Kepa go to Chelsea, blacksmith was injured and Remiro refused to renew. All this forced Murgia’s people to return from Elche 20 days after leaving the loan. Nolaskain played his first game as a lion against pepineros and celebrated it with a goal and Berizzo That was the only win he tasted in the 14 league games he was in Bilbao.
The epilogue of this carousel of ephemeris is the Chilean Aduriz in 2019-20. That was his final goal, though no one knew it at the time. He entered with ease Williams in the 87th minute and a minute later he connected with an acrobatic shot to go over Ter Stegen (1-0). A target that went down in the history of Athletic.
Source: La Verdad
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