Iñaki Williams
Athletic does not raise its head and adds its umpteenth home defeat to Espanyol (2-0)
In the first half, Athletic failed to take advantage of its best opportunities and the Valverde team lost intensity in the second half. The goals of Pere Milla and Kike García sentenced the meeting.
Iñaki Williams: "Very bad feeling, now all we have to do is swallow it and hold on to the situation."
Statements by Iñaki Williams Athletic after his team lost 0-1 to Valencia in the 35th day match of the EA Sports League.
Iñaki Williams will not finally be in Ghana because of physical problems
Iñaki Williams has been honored in San Mamés for his 500th match with Athletic
The current captain of the red-white team has received the trophy, given to him by the former captain, Oscar de Marcos; in recent years, De Marcos himself, Iker Muniain and Markel Susaeta have also received this tribute.
Iñaki Williams, in the Ghana call, on the last list before the World Cup
Williams: "It's a shame to get the first hit to get our best level."
Athletic Club player Iñaki Williams, after a 1-1 draw against Rayo Vallecano on the 26th day of the EA Sports League.
Iñaki Williams: "I'm glad Nico told me he's seeing the light in his injury."
The red-white captain gave the Athletic Club the pass to the semi-finals of the King's Cup in Mestalla with a decisive goal in the 96th minute. The Nigerian Umar Sadiq scored on his own doorstep and then another on Padilla's doorstep.
Athletic is in semi-finals thanks to an alternative eleven and the connection of the Williams brothers (1-2)
In the first half, the lions have advanced on the scoreboard with a goal on Sadiq's own doorstep. Sadiq himself has tied the match by taking advantage of a big mistake by Padilla. After the break, the red-whites have failed a penalty, but a goal by Iñaki Williams has given them victory in the 96th minute.
Painted again on the mural of the Williams brothers in Barakaldo
The mural is located in the Lutxana neighborhood, and on Monday, once again, it appears that it has painted; in the messages, the two players are called "Spanish madridists" and are accused of being "silly longer than playing football."
Athletic survived a crazy game in Leon and advanced in the Cup (3-4)
With six goals in the first half, the Valverde team has been able to match the match three times. After the break, the red-white team has been left with one less player because Paredes has seen the red card, and Unai Gómez's penalty goal in the discount has decided the match.
FC Barcelona has shamefully left Athletic in the Supercup with five goals (5-0)
The red-white team has already scored four goals in the first half, unable to stop the flood of blaugranas. In the second half, with the match decided, the pace of the crash has dropped considerably.
Iñaki Williams: "Maybe the words weren't right, but I don't regret it."
"Having seen it, being natural and saying things as you think... you have to be a little careful many times, but it is true that it is annoying for our fans. Perhaps the forms were not right, but it is probably like playing out of the house tomorrow because we will not have many followers," regrets the red-white striker. Athletic coach Ernesto Valverde, however, has again been more pragmatic. "We are happy here," he said.
Athletic landed in Saudi Arabia after about six hours of flight
Ernesto Valverde's Athletic arrived at around 22:50 and went straight to the Park Hyatt Hotel, where the organizers have received players. This Tuesday, Athletic will train at 18:00 (Basque time) at the King Abdullah Stadium, following the press conference that Iñaki Williams and Ernesto Valverde will offer from 17:15.
Athletic leaves for Saudi Arabia without Yuri Berchiche and Aymeric Laporte
The red-white team held their last working session in Lezama this morning, and after arriving in Saudi Arabia, the bilbaine team will be staying at the Hyatt Jeddah Hotel.
Athletic will look for his fourth Supercup in Saudi Arabia without Yuri and Laporte
Wednesday will be the twelfth game of the red-whites in that tournament. In addition, Valverde has a chance to win his third Supercup, a match with coaches Cruyff and Guardiola.
Ernesto Valverde: "I don't know what Iñaki invented."
Last Tuesday, after Iñaki Williams trained in San Mamés, he said to the media, "Playing in Arabia is bullshit." Today, at a press conference, Valverde expressed his opinion on these statements and made it clear that going to Arabia is prestigious and that they must be very careful about the statements they make.
Athletic has worked in front of more than 30,000 fans in San Mamés
Fans, mostly families, have been in the stands of San Mamés since an hour before the start of the training. The wait has been threatened with music by the red-white club. The footballers have been greeted with a warm ovation by fans as they jumped onto the lawn on schedule.
Iñaki Williams, about the Supercup: "I've said it a lot, playing in Arabia is shit."
"Moving the tournament to another country is not easy for fans. We seem to be playing out of the house there, and if we were here we would have a lot of followers next to us," the Athletic captain added.
Athletic crashed into Espanyol and ended the year with a defeat in San Mamés (1-2)
Berenguer overtook the red-whites in the first half, but before the break Romero tied the match. Back from the locker room, Milla made the second for the Catalans, and the lions couldn't answer.
Jauregizar rescued Athletic in the extension, in the mud of the O Couto football field (0-1)
In the second half Guruzeta sent a ball to the larghill on the clearest occasion of the first 90 minutes.