Simon Rusk’s England U19 team gained a second win in as many matches when then narrowly beat Japan in Marbella on Saturday. They had recorded an emphatic 6-0 victory over Romania three days earlier but it was a much tighter affair this time out as they beat the Japanese youngsters by the odd goal in […]
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Retro: Bournemouth 3-0 Lyon
A look back at Olympique Lyonnais’ visit to the south coast of England in Summer 2019. Match Date: Saturday 3rd August 2019, K.O. 15:30.Venue: The Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth. Less than a week after their Emirates Cup win in London, Lyon returned to British soil for a first ever meeting with Bournemouth. Canadian/Cuban-American duo Shawn Mendes […]
Mirandés 1-2 Athletic Club
Athletic Club finished their preparations for the new season with a win against newly promoted Segunda Division side Mirandés at the Estadio Anduva. Aritz Aduritz and Unai Núñez were on the scoresheet for Athletic in the 18th and 51st minutes respectively and Brazilian striker Matheus Aias, who is on loan from Watford, pulled one back […]
AS Roma 2-2 Athletic Club
Coach Gaizka Garitano sent out a strong line-up for the heavyweight friendly match against Italian outfit AS Roma as Athletic Club made their final overseas voyage of this pre-season programme. The starting XI of Unai Simón, Capa, Yeray, Iñigo Martínez, Yuri Berchiche, Dani García, Unai López, Muniain, Raúl García, Córdoba, Williams could give a strong […]
Racing 2-1 Athletic Club
Athletic Club suffered a first defeat of their pre-season schedule with a 2-1 reversal to Racing of Santander at El Sardinero. None of the outfield players who had started the previous day’s match against West Ham featured in this encounter, although goalkeeper Herrerin and some of the substitutes did double up with this one. Athletic […]
Manchester United 2-2 AC Milan
Manchester United failed to win for the first time this pre-season, but they did maintain their unbeaten record with a 2-2 draw against AC Milan in the International Champions Cup in Cardiff and even managed to round things off with a penalty shoot-out win in their final match before the new campaign gets underway at […]
Bournemouth 3-0 Olympique Lyonnais
Lyon suffered a confidence sapping defeat away to Premier League side Bournemouth in their final pre-season friendly before hostilities resume in Ligue 1. This latest reversal means that they have lost four out of five friendlies since new manager Sylvinho took over, and none more emphatically than this. It was the first time they have […]
West Ham United 2-2 Athletic Club
Athletic Club remained unbeaten in their pre-season programme despite blowing an early two goal lead against West Ham at the London stadium. Unai López opened the scoring in the first minute and Williams made it two after a quarter of an hour, having been set up nicely by Muniain. However, the Hammers struck back with […]
CD Numancia 1-1 Athletic Club
Athletic Club followed their successful weekend in Germany with a 1-1 draw away at Segunda Division side Numancia in Soria. The Lions fell behind in the seventh minute but drew level early in the second half when Vivian headed in substitute Ibai’s free kick. The Athletic starting line-up was as follows: Simón – De Marcos, […]
Kristiansund 0-1 Manchester United
Manchester United laboured to a 1-0 friendly win against Kristiansund in Norway in the latest match of their pre-season tour and needed a last minute penalty from substitute Juan Mata to break the deadlock and maintain their one hundred percent record in their summer programme. The match was all about the Solskjær family, with United […]