Real Madrid 4-1 Athletic Bilbao | La Liga match report
José Mourinho shrugged off the first public outcry by Real Madrid fans against him saying the whistling during the 4-1 home win over Athletic Bilbao on Sunday comes with the job at a club where "they jeer the biggest names in football".Four days after...
Paris St-Germain 4-2 Athletic Bilbao | Europa League match report
Paris St-Germain crashed out of the Europa League on Wednesday – a costly exit for an ambitious club desperate for silverware and one which increases the pressure on their coach, Antoine Kombouaré.PSG scored two goals in the last five minutes at Par...
The Question: Is Marcelo Bielsa’s model right for Athletic Bilbao? | Jonathan Wilson
Coach has taken time to settle at Athletic but his decision to turn down Internazionale is starting to look a good oneThe fascination when Marcelo Bielsa took the Athletic Bilbao job was always the extent to which he could shape the team to his philoso...
Marcelo Bielsa finally begins to get a tune out of Athletic Bilbao
After their worst start in 32 years, the former Chile manager steers Athletic to a 2-1 win at Real Sociedad as his methods begin to workMarcelo Bielsa is a little less loco this morning. His Athletic Bilbao team won a game on Sunday and not just any ga...
Europa League round-up: Juanfran rescues Atlético Madrid at Rennes
• Late equaliser spares Atlético Madrid another defeat• Club Brugge upset Braga in PortugalJuanfran's late equaliser saved Atlético Madrid from another dispiriting defeat as they claimed a 1-1 draw at Rennes in Group I of the Europa League.Beaten...
Europa League round-up
• Lazio held 2-2 by Vaslui while Sporting Lisbon see off FC Zürich 2-0• PSG win 3-1 against Salzburg and Udinese beat Stade Rennes 2-1Italy's Lazio were fortunate to escape with a 2-2 draw against the Romanian side Vaslui in their Europa League Gr...
Tottenham face tough task to land Athletic Bilbao’s Fernando Llorente
• Basque club unwilling to accept offer under €36m• Spurs may take another look at Villarreal's Giuseppe RossiTottenham Hotspur face an uphill task if they are to sign the Spain forward Fernando Llorente from Athletic Bilbao, with his club unwill...
Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe rescue second-string Tottenham
• Tottenham 2-1 Athletic BilbaoManchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal are all up before Harry Redknapp's side during the opening six weeks of the Premier League season, so the roar that greeted Luka Modric's introduction after 26 m...
Forza Fútbol Podcast: Issues in La Liga and the Spanish Game
Last Thursday, I was invited by Armando and Elisa from Forza Fútbol to be on the site's podcast, and the discussion centered around several topics: the state of La Liga in terms of overseas marketing, the flourishing cantera youth academies throughout Spain, the controversies with the upcoming La Liga TV contract agreement, the matches from...
