Javi Lerga starts his stage at Athletic: “It's a special moment for me”

The female team starts tomorrow the F with the visit of Tenerife to Lezama

Javi Lerga His stage begins tomorrow at the head of the female Athletic. After a month and a half of the preseason, the rojiblancas dispute the first day of the F League against Tenerife in Lezama. The club has signed two players, the goalkeeper Olatz Santana and the front Anne Camposbut the great novelty is the Navarro coach, who replaces David Aznar. “With great enthusiasm, Lezama knew and her facilities to come to see Athletic. It is a special moment for me and part of the coaching staff. We are aware that starting at home is an important incentive. Playing in front of our fans, with the public in favor, means a lot. We are convinced that we are prepared for tomorrow's game and for the rest of the season,” he said in his first press conference prior to an official match.

Athletic has already been a very young team in previous campaigns. On this occasion it will be like that again. “The raw material is very good, it is a young team with many possibilities and a lot of ambition. This is a very important aspect for us. We are aware that the team has a trajectory, a baggage and it is not a conformist team in this regard. I think it is very aligned with the values of the effort and work club,” he added.

Lerga He also wanted to highlight the human value of the booth: “The costume is a joy, it is very good. The first weeks have been very positive. We have had enough setbacks in the form of injury but it has also served to meet much more, to know what pasta the team is made and the character it has. We have seen the ability to adapt to the circumstances, to face the adversity to grow and we have known more in depth the players that come from the players that come from It is very important.

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The coach who arrives in Lezama from the lower categories of the National Team, where curiously he has gone Aznarhas advanced the type of team that wants: “We want to be a team that is the protagonist with the ball, that we carry the initiative to bite and tighten forward. It is a very versatile set that allows us to play many things.”

Lerga He did not want to mark the objectives. Has left it for the president Jon Uriartewho has been in Lezama today to encourage the players, and the soccer director, Mikel Gonzálezin the usual appearance of each beginning of the season, but his general idea has outlined. “My first goal is tomorrow, the first game always costs. We are aware of what the team has done, we do not settle for anything and the day will be marking.”

The technician has an important decline, Clara Pinedointervened yesterday of his right shoulder. The midfielder has for approximately eight weeks off. Oguiza, ANE AZKONA and Amezaga They already have the medical discharge although they are in the absence of matches.

League F 2025-26

Finally, the Navarro has also been asked about how the F 25-26 League sees and if he believes that there may be more equality after the casualties that Barça has suffered, the absolute dominator in recent seasons: «This is the feeling that can be in the environment. Barça has a young template and important pieces have been left. Competitiveness is greater, the teams are more prepared, we have more resources and in this sense the distances can be shortened. There is a bouquet of equipment with a similar level that will be up. Luckily, the competitive level of League F is increasing. Women's football is much more prepared and being able to play in natural grass helps. It has all the incentives to be a good league ».