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SÁB 01.02.2025 | News

Athletic Club and Real Sociedad advance

Both teams have made it through the first round and still have their chances of lifting the title intact. The lions have reached the knockout phase as runners-up, behind only Lazio.

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SÁB 01.02.2025

Athletic Club and Real Sociedad both made it through to the next stage of the Europa League, earning the necessary points to achieve the next phase. The Donostiarras will have to go through the Play-In first, as they have not been able to get into the top eight, but they could beat PAOK 2-0 at home and finishin thirteenth position, which gives the privilege to the Basques to play the second leg in their stadium. 

The Txuri-urdines have achieved four wins, one draw and three defeats in the first round, where they have deserved to get better results, but in some matches they have not found the necessary fortune to get the three points. They have achieved 13 points, finishing among the sixteen best teams in the competition. 

The start was complicated, as several of the new signings have been adapting to the team, but in the last five rounds, they have achieved four victories and only one defeat with the leaders, Lazio. In the next round, they face either Midtjylland or AZ. If they qualify for the last 16, they would play Manchester United or Tottenham. 

Athletic Club, meanwhile, have had an absolutely spectacular first round, with six wins, one draw and one defeat, putting them in second place, behind only Lazio on the same number of points. Ernesto Valverde's side finished ahead of teams of the calibre of Manchester United, Tottenham and Olympique Lyon. 

The lions have been impeccable, except in the match against Besiktas in Turkey, where they had a hard setback, in the rest they have been a very solid team and have qualified brilliantly for the round of 16 of the second European competition. In the round of 16 they could face Roma, Porto, Ferencváros or Viktoria Pilsen. The Red and Whites have the great illusion that the final is at the San Mamés stadium. 

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