Athletic Club

Mar 302012
 
Tweets on Nationalism – Football, Obsession, and Orwell

The world of football is more exposed than ever thanks to the internet.  The global game has become increasingly more accessible, and the amount of people following the game online multiplies each day.  Elementary translation services provided by services such as Google, or Bing, mean foreign texts can be badly translated and taken out of context; and every club, nation, manager, and player is covered by some blog, tweet, journalist or podcast somewhere in the ether. Football fans have never had it so good, as the overpriced TV channels show leagues from all over the globe, and even if you can’t access these the internet allows you to keep up with results and news in Read more..

Mar 172012
 
Why Athletic Bilbao beat Manchester United & Why English Teams Can’t

It was supposed to be an all English final in this season’s Europa League, an all Manchester one at that, which had Channel 5 and ITV 27 rubbing their hands with glee at the prospect of more football (advertising money).  Suddenly Thursday nights on Channel 5 were the place to be.  That was until both Manchester sides went out of the competition on the same night, but why were Athletic able to beat Manchester United so convincingly? The main reason for this result would be that Athletic Bilbao have been built into a well oiled pressing machine by their manager Marcelo Bielsa, which unsettles their opponents and doesn’t give them time to play, or time Read more..