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Ernesto Valverde: “It was close until the end”
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Ernesto Valverde: “It was close until the end”

Athletic Club coach Ernesto Valverde and Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti are present during the La Liga 2024/25 match between Real Madrid and Athletic Club at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, Spain, on April 20. Athletic Club manager Ernesto Valverde offered a measured and realistic assessment of his team’s 1-0 loss at the Santiago Bernabéu on Sunday night, praising Real Madrid’s quality while pointing to fixture congestion and missed offensive clarity as key factors in the narrow defeat. Valverde’s side, fresh off a Thursday fixture, arrived in Madrid with a conservative game plan: stay compact, keep the game within reach, and strike when possible. For much of the evening, they executed that vision, especially in the first half. “It was clear that we had to play our game, knowi...
Athletic Club coach Valverde enthusiastic about Roma atmosphere
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Athletic Club coach Valverde enthusiastic about Roma atmosphere

Ernesto Valverde head coach of Athletic Club gestures during the UEFA Europa League 2024/25 Round of 16 First Leg match between AS Roma and Athletic Club at Stadio Olimpico on March 6, 2025 in Rome, Italy. Athletic Club coach Ernesto Valverde was impressed with Roma, both on and off the field, in the Europa League tie. ‘I hope we can have half the atmosphere they had tonight.’ The supporters had been told to come to the Stadio Olimpico with simple yellow and red flags, so the thousands followed those directives and made it a beautiful sight before kick-off. It helped the Giallorossi complete their comeback from the Inaki Williams header, turning it around through Angelino and the last-gasp Eldor Shomurodov winner. At that point, Athletic Club were down to 10 men for the second Yeray Alv...
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