Athletic Club rescues a point against Valencia (2-2) thanks to a goal from Berenguer in the 97th minute
Euskaraz irakurri: Athleticek puntu bat lortu du Valentziaren kontra (2-2), Berenguerrek 97. minutuan sartutako golari esker
Athletic Club drew 2-2 with Valencia in San Mamés this Sunday, October 29, the match corresponding to the 11th day of LaLiga EA Sports. Consequently, the rojiblancos remain sixth in the standings with a total of 18 points.
The match was vibrant and with constant arrivals in both areas, where, despite the four goals, the goalkeepers grew bigger, Unai Simón in the local goal and Giorgi Mamardashvili in the visitor’s goal.
The young ‘pearls’ that Rubén Baraja is molding at Valencia, today Fran Pérez, Javi Guerra and Diego López, especially shone in the match, who were on the verge of destroying Athletic with their attacks on the counter as soon as their team recovered the ball .
De Marcos ahead of Athletic (1-0) in the 32nd minute, taking advantage of a pass from Nico Williams in a play that the red-and-white full-back himself started and which Oihan Sancet had continued.
After the break, Dani García was able to score the second goal for the rojiblancos, although his volley hit the crossbar. Almost immediately, in the 62nd minute, Fran Pérez was the author of the 1-1; He resolved a one-on-one with Unai Simón with quality after a pass from Hugo Duro.
Shortly after, in the 69th minute, it was the team’s youth player who gave the goal pass to Hugo Duro to sign the 1-2 that put Valencia ahead on the scoreboard.
The comeback of the visiting team left the Bilbao team shaken. However, the lions did not give up and were able to tie in the 82nd minute, but Mamardashvili cleared Iñaki Williams’ shot and prevented the goal.
When it seemed that everything was already decided, with Athletic as focused as it was imprecise, Berenguer made it 2-2 in the electronic with a header to the center with the left foot of Iñaki Williams.
In the end, a tie (2-2) and one point for each team.
Data sheet:
2 – Athletic Club: Unai Simón; De Marcos, Vivian, Paredes (Prados, m.65), Imanol; Dani García (Vesga, m.65), Galarreta; Iñaki Williams, Sancet (Muniain, m.74), Nico Williams (Berenguer, m.69); Guruzeta (Villalibre, m.69).
2 – Valencia: Mamardashvili; Correia, Paulista, Mosquera, Gayà; Pepelu, Javi Guerra; Fran Pérez (Foulquier, m.74), Diego López (Guillamón, m.74), Selim Amallah (Sergi Canós, m.59); Hugo Duro (Yaremchuk, d.78).
Goals: 1-0. m.32: From Marcos. 1-1, m.62: Fran Pérez. 1-2, m.68: Hugo Duro. 2-2, m.96: Berenguer.
Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez (Andalusian Committee). He showed a yellow card to the locals Paredes (m.12), Dani García (m.55) and Berenguer (m.87), and the visitor Amallah (m.57).
Source: Eitb
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