‘Athletic game is special’

Jose Luis Mendilibar is ready for a ‘special game’ for Eibar against his former club Athletic Bilbao.

Mendilibar was on Athletic’s books as a young player and later sat on the San Mames bench in 2005, taking over at Eibar this summer.

“I played for and coached Athletic so it is a special game,” he confirmed, AS reports.

“We’re faced with 11 players and we have to try and beat them. We have to treat Athletic like any other team but there are feelings inside.

“It will be their eighth competitive match. No one else has played so much. That’s good and bad. It gets momentum but it’s bad to play so many games in such a short period of time.

“Playing every three days leaves you physically and mentally tired.”

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