At a press conference this afternoon it was confirmed by President Aperribay that Coach Lillo will leave the helm at the end of June and the man to replace him is Uruguyan Martin Lasarte. Aperribay thanked Lillo for the "great work" he had done for the team but ultimately his failure to get into the top 3 has cost him. Click to continue reading...

Imanol Agirretxe returned to training this morning after missing the last two days through tonsilitis and revealed - "I'm eager, but we must be cautious. I'll see how the body responds in training thats left. I think I will, but you never know." He appeared to be running well on the pitch today and in the gym so Lillo could still consider him for the squad. Click to continue reading...

Imanol Agirretxe has admitted he is "very pleased" with the recent confidence shown in him by Coach Lillo. Agirretxe hasn't had the best of times and nearly 4 years after he made his debut for the first team, its only now that he is getting more action after constantly being overlooked by previous managers. Click to continue reading...

Imanol Agirretxe has admitted he is "very pleased" with the recent confidence shown in him by Coach Lillo. Agirretxe hasn't had the best of times and nearly 4 years after he made his debut for the first team, its only now that he is getting more action after constantly being overlooked by previous managers. Click to continue reading...

Coach Lillo held his weekly press conference this morning after the penultimate Zubieta training session of the week. He admitted the squad was excited about the possibility if adding another three points against Albacete. Regards the squad for the match he is very happy Carlos Martinez has recovered from his injury and Xabi Prieto is ready to start from the beginning of the match. Click to continue reading...

Cooach Lillo gave his weekly press conference this morning and revealed he wanted to only talk about the match on Saturday but revealed "I have many desires to know what has happened". This is with reference to the matter with Jesuli after the events of this week dominated the headlines but pointed out his one and only priority - "Our aim for Saturday is to win". Click to continue reading...

"My aim is to bring him to Vigo" - One of the quotes made by Coach Lillo today as he made his weekly appearance before the media. Clearly this is a massive boost for the squad as one can assume if he comes through training tommorow without any glitches, he will travel with the squad to face Celta Vigo. Click to continue reading...

Coach Lillo met the media this morning before the penultimate weekly meeting with the players in which he declared "we have an obligation to add 19 points" and has reminded Huesca that the goal hasn't changed despite many setbacks. He went on to say "the demand historically makes us feel obligated!" He went to say that with all the off field problems that have been going on lately the club should be measured on the pitch and not the headlines. Click to continue reading...

Coach Lillo was the latest member of the Real Sociedad camp to face the media today as the build up to Sunday's clash with Tenerife continues. With the club having one of its hardest in modern times with the injury to Díaz de Cerio, the clubs court appearances and the 1,000 Euros fine the club received after a fan hit coach Lillo on the head with a bottle at the end of the Eibar game, people would be forgiven for thinking the Tenerife game was the furthest thing from the players minds, however as Lillo explained, this couldn't be further from reality. Click to continue reading...