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Manchester United vs. Athletic Bilbao: How Marcelo Bielsa's Team Won ItManchester United vs. Athletic Bilbao: How Marcelo Bielsa's Team Won It0 of 5In a game for the football purists, Athletic Bilbao sensationally put Manchester United to the sword in a match where newly celebrated coach Marcelo Bielsa was just too clever for his counterpart, Sir Alex Ferguson. Goals from the much-hyped talents Fernando Llorente and Iker Muniain, sandwiched between an Oscar De Marcos effort, saw Bilbao stunningly cancel out Wayne Rooney's opener and render his late penalty goal a mere consolation, as the visitors won 3-2.

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It was a classic match at Old Trafford, where Los Leones proved there is great talent in La Liga beyond just Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. Here are five tactics from manager Marcelo Bielsa, the 56-year-old former Argentina and Chile boss, which won Athletic Bilbao this very memorable UEFA Europa League game. FC Barcelona Style1 of 5Out of all the teams who model their play on that of Pep Guardiola's FC Barcelona side, Athletic Bilbao do it best. Unlike teams like Swansea City in the Premier League who also imitate Barca's style, Marcelo Bielsa gets it right down to the most minute details. Wave after wave of attack, with a positionally inter-linking three-pronged attack of Llorente, Muniain and Markel Susaeta, and a constant desire to initiate counter-attacks, meant United just couldn't live with Bilbao at times. If it wasn't for David De Gea, the Red Devils would easily have succumbed to a 7-1, Camp Nou, Bayer Leverkusen kind of scoreline.

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United's last game in Ireland was a 2-1 victory over Italian side Sampdoria at the Aviva Stadium in 2017. United also featured in the first ever football game at the Aviva Stadium, against a League of Ireland XI on August 4th, 2010. Alex Ferguson's side were too much for the League of Ireland selection as they ran out 7-1 winners, with Park Ji-Sung scoring the first ever goal at the Aviva Stadium. Athletic Bilbao also played at the Aviva Stadium in 2017, three days after the United v Sampdoria match.

They lost 3-1 to Liverpool in Dublin. Unted's pre-season beigns with a clash against Leeds in Oslo on July 12th. They then face Lyon in Edinburgh before a tour of the US. In the States they will face Arsenal in New York on July 23rd, Real Madrid in Houston on July 26th, and Borussia Dortmund in Las Vegas on July 30th.

The Red Devils sought to attack fast down the wings to exploit the lack of pace and positional awareness from Bilbao's full-backs, Andoni Iraola and Jon Aurtenetxe, as well as the lack of defensive discipline in young wingers Muniain and Susaeta. However, when Ashley Young, Patrice Evra, Ji-Sung Park and Rafael da Silva were set free to put a cross into the penalty area, their deliveries were either intercepted, cleared, or there was simply no available option in the box. High Tempo Attacks3 of 5Not only did Athletic Bilbao produce wave after wave of attack, they also did so at an incredibly high tempo. Full credit has to be given to Marcelo Bielsa and the fitness coach at Bilbao for giving these players one of the highest cardiovascular fitness rates in Europe.

Manchester United to face Athletic Bilbao in Aviva Stadium friendly | Anglo CeltPublished: Fri 9 Jun 2023, 11:07 AM Last updated: Sat 10 Jun 2023, 4:24 PM James Cox Manchester United look set to conclude their pre-season programme at the Aviva Stadium. They will play Athletic Bilbao at the Lansdowne Road venue on Sunday, August 6th. The match comes six days before the start of the Premier League season.

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