He Athletic Club has won 2-1 against Celta de Vigo the match played this Saturday in San Mamés on the 35th round of Santander League. The people from Bilbao wanted to show that they are still fighting for the European places and they have done so by clearly winning a match in which it could have been a win, but which was decided by two goals from Inaki Williams and Alex Berenguer.

Summary of the match Athletic Club – Celta de Vigo

The party has quickly turned in favor of the lions. Athletic began testing the ground, and in the midst of that controlled start the first goal of the match came. From Marcos has received in the band to look for Inaki Williams inside the box with a cross. The center was good and the striker’s shot was perfectly placed, near the far post, unstoppable for the goalkeeper of the Galician team (1-0).

Celta has reacted to the goal and has begun to approach the red and white area with more bite. Larsen had the first clear opportunity for the visitors, in a good play by his team, but De Marcos was alive to avoid the striker’s shot, sending the ball to a corner.

Berenguer he led the Bilbao counter to look for Iñaki again with a ball into the hole for him to score the second, but this time Villar was faster and didn’t let him take the ball away.

Athletic showed more bite, and the speed of the Williams brothers has been a constant nightmare for rivals. In fact, Iñaki has had several attempts, but without much success in the final meters.

In minute 28, the locals have claimed a celtic defense hand within the areabut the referee has decided that there was nothing there.

Soon after, Gabri Veiga has made a good shot from a distance that has forced unai simon to stretch to make a magnificent save.

Athletic has demonstrated its superiority in the game with several more occasions, one of them a shot from Yuri Berchiche that the goalkeeper has miraculously removed, although the marker has not moved.

The second part has started in a very different way. Celta stole the ball, Luca de la Torre scored a great play and Larsen sent the ball into the net with a chopped header to put the tables on the scoreboard (1-1).

To the delight of San Mamés, Athletic reacted well to the draw and took the lead again with the Berenguer’s goal. After several occasions in which the ball has passed through the area, the Navarrese has received the ball, has escaped from two defenders and has shot at the far post to score the second for his team (2-1).

In the 69th minute he almost scored another with a right hand that ran into the post.

With 10 minutes to go, Ander Herrera and Dani García have had to leave the field due to discomfort. Oier Zarraga and Mikel Vesga have entered in his place.

But the match had already been decided and Athletic took three points that put them in the table. 7th place in the classification.

Data sheet

2-Athletic: Unai Simon; De Marcos, Vivian, Paredes, Yuri; Dani García (Zarraga, m.82), Sancet; Nico Williams (Herrera, m.59; Vesga, m.74), Muniain (Adu Ares, m.82), Berenguer; and Iñaki Williams (Raúl García, m.82).

1 – Celtic: Ivan Villar; Kevin Vázquez (Mingueza, m.46), Aidoo, Unai Núñez, Javi Galán; Carles Pérez, Beltrán (De la Torre, m.23), Óscar Rodríguez, Cervi (Miguel Rodríguez, m.46); Gabri Veiga (Patience, m.77) and Strand Larsen (Seferovic, m.61).

goals: 1-0, m.5: Inaki Williams. 1-1, m.52: Strand Larsen. 2-1, m.54: Berenguer.

Referee: Mario Melero López (Andalusian Committee). He showed a yellow card to the locals Paredes (m.34), Dani García (m.81) and Raúl García (m.90), and to the visitor De la Torre (m.65).

Source: Eitb

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