Athletic’s preseason is picking up speed. The team of Valverde Thursday plays the third preparation friendly against Racing in the Cantabrian town of Cayón and next week comes the big thing with the last three commitments against Celtic, Eibar and Manchester United. The first and third will be a good touchstone to gauge the level of the rojiblancos after four weeks of preparation. The man from Gasteiz will use an eleven very similar to the one he lined up on August 12 against Real Madrid in San Mamés.
It will be necessary to arrive very well prepared at the start of the League because the calendar is quite complicated with later clashes against Osasuna, Betis, Real Sociedad and Barça, among others, in the first ten days.
The first friendly against Chivas does not serve as a reference. The team arrived with only eight days of preparation in Lezama and after a long trip to face a much stronger rival that had won all three games played in the Mexican League.
The lions improved their performance in the second against Necaxa. The victory came with two goals from Javier Martonthe second after a good inside pass from Unai Gómez, a youth player who looks very good. At the moment he continues training with the first team. It will be for a reason despite the fact that playing in the center of the Athletic field has become very expensive. Txingurri has a large number of troops in that area and has returned Galarreta Ruiz.
2023-07-25 06:11:33
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