Isla Canela, the 18th of July

Athletic Club trained this morning on the football pitch for about an hour. The goalkeepers worked with Luis Llopis while Caparrós and Luci Martín worked with the following players: Castillo, Ustaritz, Etxeita, Muniain, Etxeberria, Yeste, Iturraspe, Ion Vélez, David López, De Marcos, Eneko and Orbaiz. The rest worked on a nearby pitch with Javier Reyes, except Gabilondo, Javi Martínez, De Cerio and Toquero. The latter is suffering discomfort with his right knee and, just in case, didn’t take part in the training session. Fernando Llorente, who arrived yesterday, did several stretching exercises with the team’s physiotherapists.

For tonight’s match against Anderecht (at 20:00 Spanish time) 12 players have been called up by the coach in addition to Armando, Iraizoz, Zubiaurre, Koikili, Susaeta and Gurpegi.

The team will head for Portugal at 18:30