LALIGA EXPERIENCE visits the Cathedral of Football for an incredible Athletic v Barcelona showdown

The Basque city of Bilbao holds its “Aste Nagusia” or Great Week each year in August. It is a period packed with festivities and celebrations. However, in terms of football, you could say that it arrived early this year, as this will probably be one of, if not the most, special weeks of the season for Athletic Club fans.

Los Leones have circled these dates in their diaries for two very good reasons: this Thursday’s cup tie against Atletico Madrid and Sunday’s clash with an FC Barcelona side who will be looking to extend their fine run in LALIGA EA SPORTS and increase the gap between them and Athletic in the race to qualify for Europe next season.

And what better way to celebrate this massive footballing week than with the arrival of the LALIGA EXPERIENCE in Bilbao, a city which lives and breathes the sport and everything around it. On the invitation of LALIGA EA SPORTS’ international broadcasters SKY SPORTS Mexico, SportsMax Caribbean and NOW Sports Hong Kong, journalists, subscribers and influencers will enjoy the chance to get an up-close and personal view of the peculiarities and history of Athletic Club, one of the longest-established and best-supported outfits in Spanish football.

A scheduled visit to the Lezama training ground, interviews with the first team players, getting to know and learning from the members of the club’s GENUINE team, exploring the ins and outs of the Athletic Club museum, and sampling the famed ‘pintxos’ in the old quarter of the city are just a few of the activities that we have lined up for the LALIGA EXPERIENCE guests to enjoy in what promises to be a fantastic week.

Sunday will provide the icing on the cake, when the guests will be able to take in the LALIGA EA Sports Matchday 27 game against Barcelona from the San Mames tribunes, with Los Leones intent on adding three more points to their tally as they bid to return the club to European competition with Ernesto ‘Txingurri’ Valverde at the helm.

In short, we are gearing up for a weekend where memories will be made and elite football will be on show — a weekend worthy of the Cathedral of Football and with an overriding theme to take it to the next level: the LALIGA EXPERIENCE.