Athletic suffers two very important absences and news with Nico Williams, Vivian, and Laporte

Athletic Club

Athletic Club fine-tuned its preparation this Friday at Lezama for the derby on Sunday against Real Sociedad (21:00), corresponding to matchday 22 of LaLiga with San Mamés as the setting. The session, led by Ernesto Valverde, focused on the physical condition of several key players two days before the match.

Status of Íñaki Williams and load management

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Williams
4.350.000€    4

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DL

01

59

Daniel Vivian
2.030.000€+40.000€    3

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DF

00

88

Yuri Berchiche
3.380.000€+240.000€    5

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DF

00

62

Aitor Paredes
2.050.000€    4

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DF

01

92

Nico Williams
11.110.000€+130.000€    6

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DL

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Íñaki Williams took the necessary step: he stepped onto the field alone, touched the ball, and then rejoined the group, feeling good and not ruled out for the match against Real. In terms of absences, Daniel Vivian missed his third day of training with the team due to overload. Additionally, Aitor Paredes and Yuri Berchiche trained separately for load management.

With the derby on the horizon, Valverde led a training session focused on fine-tuning competitive details and monitoring efforts. On the opposing side, Real Sociedad will arrive in Bilbao aiming to maintain their plan, while the lions assess the progress of the injured players. Within the Comuniate ecosystem, the profile of Athletic provides an overview of the team before the match.

Training keys at Lezama

Under the guidance of Ernesto Valverde, the squad carried out a session combining specific work and load control in preparation for a derby to be played at San Mamés. The txuri-urdin team appears on the weekend's agenda with a set schedule, and Athletic fine-tunes pieces in defense and on the left wing.

Nico Williams and Laporte continue to train with the rest of the group and are expected to be available against Real Sociedad.