Continue of one tradition

For first time I play FM 13 so i chose Atletic Bilbao, 'cuz of their great tradition - to play with only local players.

Tactic
The difference between this club and any other club is that i can't choose the formation - I can't sign with players to keep one formation, I depend on what youth players i got. On first sight I saw that there was great number of players that can play on more than two positions and there were many AM(RLC) so the tactic was clear . The starting 11 was harder to choose because every 2nd match someone injures, so there isn't any hard first team player.

Transfers
Because of the tradition I'm very short of transfer ideas, so I'll save money to keep the academy level.

Matches

I cancelled all friendly matches so first match I watched was vs Bnei Yehuda

Athletic club 1:1 Bnei Yehuda (Euro Cup 3rd round)
First match i wanted to see the club without it's big star - Llorente, but with all other starts.The match started very bad, Iraola and Ramalho received injuries, so the RB was taken Aymeric Laporte - young french CB which impressed me a lot. After one cross Aduriz (reserve ST) scored nice header in the 16th min. Half an hour later after one corner Bnei made fast counter attack and scored for 1:1.

Bnei Yehuda 1:3 Athletic club (Euro Cup 3rd round)
One week later angered on my "first XI" and injured RB's I started with team full of youngsters. The star of the match was Aymeric Laporte. In the beginning he won free-kick which was scored by Ibai Gomez. In the 20th min Bnei scored with header. 10 minutes later Laporte crossed and Aduriz scored. In the end of the match one cross turned into goal, Laporte was again there.

Athletic club 4:1 Betis (Liga BBVA)
After the bad results against Bnei I didn't expected much vs Betis, but in the 2nd min Iturraspe scored after nice attack, but he received bad injury. Two minutes later Llorente scored after cross my Susaeta. Luckily the next attack also was with goal after big mistake by Bettis's Gk. First 45 min ended by a goal from San Jose after corner. Second half wasn't so good - after fast counter attack they prove that there is second team on the pitch but that was all.

Slovan Liberec 1:3 Athletic club (Euro Cup Play-off)
With bigger experience at Euro cup, I knew that with younger team will be with one idea easier. After one cross by Aurtenetxe, Susaeta made it 0:1 in the 50th minute. 10 minutes later Toquero toke one ball from the defender and made it 2:0. In the 69 minute one shot deflected by the GK fell on Slovan player and he scored. In the end of the match after great teamplay Galarreta from small angle scored for 1:3.


Osasuna 3:2 Athletic club (Liga BBVA)
The match started very bad. By the 45th minute Bilbao was 2 goals behind. Unfortunately, in the 2nd min Munain received injury. Two goals by Nino were the difference. On the half time Gurpegi was changed for Galarreta and for 20 minutes was 2:2. Ibai Gomez scored first goal after cross by Ramalho and second was scored by Susaeta after cross by Ibai Gomez. In the end of the match Aurtenetxe made penalty and received injury.

Athletic club 3:1 Slovan Liberec (Euro Cup Play-off)
Match without big matter. Aduriz scored his first goal at the match in the 28th min after nice technique and cool finish. In the 50th min Laporte scored after big chaos in opponent box. 10 min later they returned one back, after cross. End of the match was put by Aduriz after assist by Saborit (young WB,D,M,W(L)).

News
In the last day of transfer window Mikel Rico joined Atletico Bilbao.
Iraola - "original" RB of Bilbao returns after injury.

Athletic club 0:1 Valladolid (Liga BBVA)
Big match with many chances, but only Valladolid's GK saved the day. In the 44th min after cross and mistake by Iraola results was 0:1. Debutant Rico didn't performed very well.

Espanyol 0:1 Athletic club (Liga BBVA)
Match with big charge and many cards. Llorente scored the only goal in the match in the 14th min after cross. In the 59th min Espanyol was with one man down, 'cuz of red card. Gurpegi didn't like that and 10 min later he also earned red card. Big saves by Iraizoz from that moment to the end of the match.

Athletic club 4:2 AZ (Euro Cup group match)
After only passing, the real match begun when in the 30th min Toquero scored after assist by Rico. 3 min later Ibai Gomez scored after free kick. In the 37 min Toquero assisted first goal of Rico after pass in the GK box. Toquero ended the match after nice finish in the 60th min. Most exhausted and important players were subbed off and for 20 minutes I received 2 goals from 2 nice teamplay attacks from AZ.

Athletic club 3:3 Malaga (LIGA BBVA)
Crazy match where all goals were scored before 1 hour of play. The festival of goals started in the 4th min when De Marcos assisted Llorente. 10 min later Susaeta also assisted Llorente with great cross. The next goal was in the 17 min after awesome counter attack by Malaga. Just before Halftime Malaga managed to score another 2 goals. First was from Joaquin after one great long shot, and the other was from Isco also after long shot. In the 50th min Llorente hit the crossbar but on the rebound De Marcos scored.

First 10 matches reaction
+ 24 scored goals -(only 1 match without goal) top goalscorer- Llorente 5 goals, most Assists - Susaeta(5)
- many allowed goals - 1 clean sheet - 14 goals
+ big bench - 23 used players for 10 matches
- many injuries on main players - Iturraspe, Munain, Iraola, Amorebieta
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- Llorente will be gone in the end of the season
+ performance of Llorente, San Jose, Laporte, Ekiza, Gallareta
- performance of Herrera, Iraizoz, Gurpegi

In the end of the season I want to have stable defence, good ST(not Llorente) and place for the CL.
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