Athletic returns from Balaídos with defeat (1-0)

Euskaraz irakurri: Athletic porrotarekin itzuliko da Balaidosetik (1-0)

the athletic has lost in Balaídos against Celtic. It has been a game with few occasions and Iago Aspas has achieved the only goal of the game in minute 70. Iñaki Williams has been left out of the squad due to knee problems and has ended his record of 251 consecutive games played.

Summary of the Celta-Athletic match

The match has not started well for Athletic. The red and white team conceded the first goal after 30 seconds of the initial whistle. However, the referee, aided by the VARha canceled the goal because at the beginning of the play Carles Pérez has carried the ball with his hand.

Despite the fact that the goal has not gone up on the scoreboard, the Celta has endured the attack and the boys led by Valverde have not been able to turn the situation around. What’s more, in the minute 14the Celtic had other clear chancebut Unai Simón avoided the local goal with a great save.

In the following minutes the forces have been equalized. Athletic regained possession of the ball and linked up some attacking plays, without creating clear chances, but keeping Celta away from Simón’s goal.

Athletic’s clearest chance in the first half came thanks to Berenguer: the Navarrese has completed a good collective move in the minute 33. The shot from Athletic’s number 7, however, hit the post.

Around the locker room, the Athletic’s first occasion he had it too Berenguer. On this occasion, the attempt over the Celta goalkeeper crashed into the crossbar (min. 53). However, the linesman has raised the flag, canceling the play.

The party has had minutes of many comings and goings. Nevertheless, they were not hitting in the last pass and did not create clear chances. The goal could come at any time, both by Celta and Athletic.

To the detriment of Valverde’s team, it has been Iago Aspas the one who has managed to send the ball at the bottom of the mesh. A pass over the rojiblanca defense left the Galician alone against Unai Simón. Aspas is one of those who does not fail on these occasions and has put the 1-0 on the scoreboard.

In the end, Athletic was unable to score against a Celta team that came out of the relegation zone with this victory.

Data sheet:

1 – Celtic RC: Marchesin; Mingueza, Aidoo, Unai Núñez, Javi Galán; Carles Pérez (Solari, min. 91), Tapia (Beltrán, min. 46), Óscar Rodríguez (Larsen, min. 46), Luca de la Torre (Kevin, min. 85); Gabri Veiga (Cervi, min. 81) and Aspas.

0 – Athletic: Unai Simón; Lekue (De Marcos, min. 73), Vivian, Yeray (Vesga, min. 66), Yuri; Dani García, Ander Herrera (Sancet min. 46); Nico Williams (Zárraga, min. 66), Muniain (Raúl García, min. 66), Berenguer; and Guruzeta.

Goals: 1-0 Blades (min. 70)

Referee: Díaz de Mera (Castilian-La Mancha school). He admonished Tapia (min. 35), Unai Núñez (min. 81) by Celta; and Yeray (min. 61) and Zárraga (min. 86) by Athletic.