After the first round of the league, Barcelona’s players were in a very good mood, beating Real Sociedad 4: 2 very effectively at home. Athletic, disappointed, drew only 0-0 from Elke.
However, Saturday’s clash in San Ms was completely different from the performance of the Marcelino players, who attacked the opponent with very intense pressure, from which Barcelona could not get out often. It also brought target situations to the hosts.
However, in the first hundred percent chance, Barca, i.e. Martin Brightwhite, sent the ball into a superb situation after he took action by Memphis Debay. However, then, more Games The athlete was. After a misunderstanding in the defense of the guests, Inaki Williams was unable to defeat NATO, and a moment later a spectacular shot from a few meters away from Sanchez hit the crossbar of the Catalan goal.
Further attempts by Williams and Wensider failed to create the first goal for the Basques, which stopped Barcelona in the first half. After a permanent part of the game, Ronald Arazo hit the net with an amazing roll, but the referee made a controversial decision when he found a mistake in Martin Brightwhite’s attack.
Athlete took his shot after the break after a corner kick when Inigo Martinez gave a good head shot.
Barcelona equalized a quarter of an hour before the end of the match, with Memphis De Gea having a superb debut victory. The Dutchman received a good pass from the depths of the field in the counter-attack and sent the missile from a real surface under the bar of the host goal.
In the end, Debay had another good situation, but this time he missed. The meeting ended with a tactical mistake by Eric Garcia, after which Barcelona saw a stopwatch red card and the Catalans had to play in the last seconds of the match. However, the result did not change – Athlete Bilbao drew with FC Barcelona ± 1: 1.