A new stage
On January 3, 2021 Gaizka Garitano was dismissed from the Bench of Athletic due to an unacceptable start to the season; He had taken the reins of the club in one of its worst moments of recent years in December 2018. Garitano put us in the 2020 Cup final suspended by Covid, however the impatience of the board led to that decision. Marcelino arrived then on January 4, 2021 with the Super Cup tournament on the doorstep, and with little time in the squad the Asturian achieved the desired title of the Supercopa 2020-2021 beating Real Madrid and Barcelona. It seemed the beginning of something historic given that in that same 2021 the final of the Copa del Rey 2020 postponed against Real Sociedad would be played, and it would put us in the final of the Copa del Rey 2021. Dreams began; "a triplet" . But fate was another w...