There is no number 27 this season at Athletic, now. There was last campaign and this until Unai Egiluz was ceded to the Mirandés. Durango's borne this number in the calls and in the only official game he played (and who has played) with the first rojiblanco team.
It was in Rubí, where it all started. I mean the 25th Cup in the history of Athletic. From Rubí to Seville. From Can Rosés to the Cartuja. To leave and be replaced, not to play again. Of course, he has been in eleven league calls (three of them this season), without participating.
And there have been seasons of the season, especially until the arrival of Nuñez, that of centrals let's say that there was not the Athletic. And of course, he had the honor of being, and with deserving, in addition, in La Gabarra. In fact, Iker Muniain named him.
The then rojiblanco captain said of him that “it is a beast. M puts his head in a fan, it is an animal, we call him Bastian because it seems German.” Egiluz, yes, was the only one who did not go to the fans with the microphone. Durango's now holds the number 4 in the Mirandés, a number almost always reserved for the centrals. We'll see if one day you can take it at Athletic.
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To the mess
We go to the mess, which would say the great Joaquín Caparrós before an interview. With what Athletic player do you relate dorsal 27? Another number where the thing is complicated. At least for me.
Pulling the data has been taken by players who have ended up being very important pieces in the history of the club. Iker Muniain debuted with that number. August 2009 against Young Boys in San Mamés. Another of the lions that has dressed the elastic rojiblanca more times and debuted with 27 was Susaeta. In the case of Eibar with goal at the Camp Nou.
Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta, the now dorsal 16, carried the 27 in his second season as León, the second of Bielsa on the rojiblanco bench. Eibar debuted as Leon with 32 in Paris. And another player of the current template that wore this number, and also debuting, was Yeray. Barakaldo's central did it in Europa League against Sassuolo in Italy.
Other players who took this dorsal were Aranzubia, without playing official match with this number; Of the oven in his first season with the first team; Ander Alaña, without debuting in the official party; Solabarrieta, in its premiere as Leon; Igor Etxebarrieta, without debuting in the official party; Guillermo, although his debut was with 28; Magunazelaia, without debuting; Sabin Merino in his first match like León in Baku and Unai winner, also at his premiere with the first team, where appropriate in San Mamés against Osasuna.
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The future of Egiluz
And the future of Egiluz, where does it happen? We will see. The fact is that the central looks minutes in a square that has always been very favorable for the rojiblancos who have been ceded there. Two clear examples are in the current template: Beñat Prados and Vivian. The Gazteiztarra became even captain of the Burgos Club.
The good of Egiluz has not yet arrived, but he is having some continuity. We will see if it is useful to stay the next campaign under the orders of Valverde. And, by the way, I trust the comeback. It will not be the other Thursday.
