Ernesto Valverde in a party of the FC Barcelona

NEW CLASSICAL OF LALIGA IN SAINT MAMÉS

The 18 footballers that dressed the T-shirt of the Athletic Club and the Barça

Published:10/02/2019 - 08:50h

Updated:10/02/2019 - 09:36h

This Sunday, the stadium of Saint Mamés crosses again to Athletic Club and FC Barcelona, in a duel that is another classical in LaLiga. Both clubs save good relations and have had an usual deal, since until 18 players dressed both T-shirts

The season 2018-19 follows discounting split until his conclusion, and this Sunday touched him to the Day 23 of LaLiga. Athletic Club and FC Barcelona saw the faces in the stadium of Saint Mamés hours after another classical of the championship of the regularity in the capital, where confronted Athletic and Real Madrid in a derbi that went for the 'merengues'.

The meetings between bilbaínos and Catalans are special when being between the most ancient of the competition, since both clubs have the privilege to form part of the three that always have been a member of First Division -beside the Real Madrid-. After periods of intense rivalry and duels épicos, east keeps on being a crossing of a lot of level, that will have the heart divided for some ex footballers.

Until 18 players dressed the T-shirt rojiblanca and also the Barcelona along his career, sharing path in two of the most remarkable entities of the Spanish football. There is one of them, besides, that is still in active in the bench culé, and that will recover some memories after initiating recently an adventure in the Camp Nou.

This same Saturday was the 55 birthdays of Ernesto Valverde, that will celebrate it with the visit to the that a day was his stadium. The Txingurri initiated his career in the League in the Sportive Alavés, went through Sestao and RCD Espanyol and formed part of Barça (1988-90) and Athletic Club (1990-96) before landing in the Mallorca.

It was not this the only coincidence of the extremeño, that also has completed his stage like trainer heading to the 'lions' and now to the culés. In the Bilbao Athletic initiated his adventure to give the jump to the first team in a first stage (2003-05), and after RCD Espanyol, Olympiacos, Villarreal and Valencia went back to earths bilbaínas (2013-17). Since, and until today, it exerts of technician barcelonista.