The lack of success punishes Athletic in San Mamés (0-2)

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The Athletic Club has lost 0-2 against Real Madrid in San Mamés with goals from Karim Benzema Y Toni Kroosin a match in which ‘La Catedral’ has registered the best entry in its history: 49,316 viewers.

Summary of the Athletic Club – Real Madrid match

Athletic Club put a lot of intensity on it from the initial whistle. The Biscayan team managed to drown out their opponent with their intense pressure, whom they mainly hurt on the right side, and to whom they launched a couple of warnings. First, from set pieces, with a header from the rookie Walls who ran into Courtois and then with the quality of Nico Williams to launch a sharp shot that went near the post.

Benzema warned with a shot that crashed into Paredes and, just after Athletic was about to surprise in a good combination between sancet and Inaki Williamsthe French shot quality to get ahead of his team (0-1).

The 0-1 increased the confidence of the visitors, who managed to control the attacks of Ernesto Valverde’s men well and were amassing longer possessions to wear down the ‘Leones’.

The start of the second half once again offered an intense Athletic that tried to lock down Real Madrid. Valverde reacted with a triple change with the entry of Muniain, Herrera and Guruzetaa second striker to have more presence in the Madrid area.

Athletic took a breath and, driven by their fans, pressed very hard, but they missed more success, especially on their clearest occasion, from Nico Williams, who defined poorly with everything in their favour.

Inaki Williams He was right, but the 1-1 was annulled due to a previous offside. Finally, it was Ancelotti’s men who sentenced with a well-tuned shot from Kroos (0-2).

Data sheet

0 – Athletic Club: Unai Simon; De Marcos (Lekue, min.76), Paredes, Vivian, Yuri; Zárraga (Herrera, min.67), Vesga (Raúl García, min.86); Nico Williams, Sancet (Muniain, min.67), Berenguer (Guruzeta, min.67); and Inaki Williams.

2 – Real Madrid: Courtois; Nacho, Militao, Rudiger, Mendy; Ceballos (Kroos, min.85), Camavinga, Valverde; Asensio (Modric, min.73), Benzema and Vinicius (Rodrygo, min.83).

goals: 0-1, min. 24, Benzema; 0-2 min. 90, Kroos.

Referee: Sánchez Martínez (C. Murcia). He admonished Yuri (min.50), Vivian (min.58) and Herrera (min.88), for Athletic, and Camavinga (min.62) and Vinicius (min.79), for Real Madrid.

San Mamés registers the best entry in its history: 49,316 spectators

The 49,316 viewers who have come this Sunday in san mames to witness the LaLiga Santander match between Athletic Club and Real Madrid suppose a new attendance record in a stadium with a total capacity of 53,331 seats.

The previous record was the 49,154 fans who gathered at ‘La Catedral’ on February 6, 2020 in the Copa del Rey quarterfinal tie that faced the Bilbao team with the FC Barcelona.