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Pablo Fornals Might Have Just Scored The Goal Of The SeasonThey only just gave out the FIFA award for best goal of the season on Monday, and we already have a solid candidate for next year’s edition. Behold, the wondergoal of Pablo Fornals of Villarreal:...

Ultras Start Fireworks Fight Before Europa League Game [Update]Spartak Moscow traveled to Bilbao to play Athletic in the Europa League’s Round of 32, and as is typially the case whenever large groups of Russian soccer hooligans travel to European games, some shit went down. ...

Aritz Aduriz Thumps The Bejesus Out Of Ball, Scores From Way Too Far OutIf you ever wanted to know how hard one could kick a soccer ball and yet still maintain the necessary control to steer it goalwards, this volleyed goal Athletic Club’s Aritz Aduriz just scored is a good case study:...

San José Opens Supercopa Scoring With Strike From Midfield

Athletic Bilbao took a surprising 1-0 lead on Barcelona in today’s first leg of the Spanish Supercopa with San José catching Marc-Andre ter Stegen off his line after an attempted clearance and launching a strike from inside the center circle....

Athletic Bilbao Robbed Of Equalizer From Goalkeeper, Lose To Malaga

Athletic Bilbao appeared to steal a tie from the jaws of defeat with a goal in stoppage time off a set-piece header from their keeper, Gorka Iraizoz. After the initial frenzy, it was disallowed for no apparent reason. Malaga hung on to win, 1-0....

La Liga Side Takes On 200 Children — And Wins!

To celebrate Joseba Etxeberria's career, Athletic Bilbao played a match against 200 Basque children, beating them 5-3. Which is fitting, because playing against children is what most La Liga matches feel like for Barca and Real....