Fernando Amorebieta

August 20th, 2008

Back On Track

By: Elisa | Comments 2 Comments

Things are looking up at Bilbao. Our boys beat Villarreal to win third place at the Ramon de Carranza tournament in Cadiz. We imposed our game, our style and Iraola scored a fine goal, so there. So our pre-season hiccup, was just a hiccup. And what is pre-season about but form and [...]



August 15th, 2008

Pre-season Hiccup – Four Losses in a Row

By: Elisa | Comments No Comments

Something is rotten in Denmark or rather Bilbo. There is a malaise creeping up on the first team and now the team seems out of sorts and it’s just preseason. We’ve lost four in a row now, to teams that are definitely below Athletic’s level. The left side is extremely shaky, not [...]

August 8th, 2008

Anger Management

By: Elisa | Comments 2 Comments

EL TOURNEO COLOMBINO
Before I get into my rant, let’s review the latest friendly tournaments. Athletic returned to Huelva and played two games in the Colombino Tournament. The first game on August 6th was a cakewalk. Athletic with a decisive 3 points against new boys Malaga. Ongi Etorri (Welcome) Ion Velez – [...]

August 5th, 2008

Kicks and Bruises

By: Elisa | Comments 2 Comments

Athletic ended their preseason foray into England with a 1-2 win against League 1 division Colchester. To put it mildly, it was a rough and tumble game, where the referee absolutely had no clue how to maintain peace. Colchester United was raring to go with the grand opening of their new stadium. [...]

July 24th, 2008

Calcio Classic vs Udinese

By: Elisa | Comments No Comments

Athletic is in the final of the Morocco Summer Cup Tournament. They will play Pasquale Marino’s Udinese. I wonder if the big boys will play IE Quagliarella, Di Natale, etc. ?? Gora Athletic!
Los Leones squeaked by with a win on penalties against AS FAR from Morocco in the Semi Finals.



June 1st, 2008

What’s News?

By: Elisa | Comments 5 Comments

It’s been slow as the summer creeps in and the Euros draw near. But a couple of juicy bits on the Athletic front.

-Armando renewed for another year with the club. Armando stepped in from Cadiz and did an admirable job as interim goalkeeper back in January. He got bottled at Betis and [...]




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