Athletic Club star complains of Spanish Supercup in Saudi Arabia – ‘It’s like playing away from home’

Athletic Club forward Inaki Williams has bemoaned the hosting of the Spanish Supercup in Saudi Arabia, claiming that it is not a level playing field. The Basque side went down 2-0 to Barcelona on Wednesday night, and thereafter Williams made his feelings known.

In both semi-finals, Jeddah saw largely one-sided crowds turn out in favour of Barcelona and Real Madrid, with Mallorca and Athletic reduced to a few hundred traveling fans.

“In spite of having a number of fans here, it was like playing away from home. It’s a shame, because such an attractive game like this, if it was played closer to home, would have been filled with a lot of our fans.”

“It’s a shame that we have to play hundreds of kilomtres away from our fans and our families. For me, it makes no sense that we go to play in Arabia, but well, football is like this now. It’s a shame.”