Friendly Tournaments and Transfers Out

By: Elisa | July 22nd, 2008

Hola Leones Fans! Here’s the latest update on our first preseason Tournament as well as some goings on at the club.

Athletic won their 24th Antonio Concepcion Reboura Trophy. They played two Fourth division (Spanish Tercera) teams from Huelva – San Roque LEPE and Ayamonte.

MATCH RECAPS

The first game on July 18th vs San Roque was a goal fest. Nice to see Extebe with a hat trick. Athletic definitely got into the spirit of things quickly. Nice to see youngsters, Agueros and Ramalho get some minutes in the 2nd half.

San Roque de Lepe (IV) 0 – 7 Athletic Club
10′ Susaeta 0-1
34′ Yeste 0-2
43′ Llorente 0-3
68′ Etxeberria 0-4
70′ Murillo 0-5
78′ Etxeberria 0-6
83′ Etxeberria 0-7

First half; Iraizoz; Iraola, Ocio, Ustaritz, Casas; Susaeta, Gurpegi, Javi Martinez; Del Olmo, Yeste, Llorente

Second; Iraizoz; Casas (Agüeros 60′), Murillo, Koikili; Garmendia, Javi Martinez (70′ Jonás Ramalho), Garmendia, Gabilondo; Etxeberria, Aduriz, David Lopez

The second game the next day (7/19) was against Ayamonte. Athletic just squeaked by with a lucky win. Itturaspe and Toquero got a chance to strut their stuff. Ustaritz made a horrific mistake in defense. This gave Ayamonte’s Cris Baiano the opportunity to score. Lack of fitness was apparent. Luckily Arduritz scored with a late header or the game would have went to penalties.

Ayamonte (IV) 1-2 Athletic Club
10′ Baiano 1-0
46′ Gabilondo 1-1
89′ Aduriz 1-2

First half: Armando; Iraola, Ocio, Ustariz, Casas; Iturraspe, Gurpegi, Yeste, Susaeta, Del Olmo, Toquero

Second; Armando; Murillo, Ocio, Casas, Koikili; David López, Garmendia, Muñoz, Gabilondo; Etxeberria, Aduriz;

Next up for Athletic is the Morocco Summer Cup. Athletic will play AS Far of Rabat tomorrow in the semifinals. Udinese will play Pacos de Ferreira of Portugal in the other semifinal. The winners will face off in the tournament final on Friday. There will also be a consolation third place match that very same day. Yay, more silverware.

TRANSFER UPDATE

Igor Angulo (24, left sided midfielder) and Aitor Ramos (23, forward) have been transferred to Ecija in Segunda B. The club has sold the duo with options to repurchase should the need arrive or the players improve greatly. The two players had few appearances (5 and 7 respectively) with the first team. Both players are still quite young, so we may see them back at Bilbao.