Celta manages to break its bad dynamic. After four days without victory, Coudet’s men managed to win against Athletic in San Mamés (0-2) thanks to the lunges of Iago Aspas Y Fran Beltran. The lions, for their part, see how their options in the race for Europe are diminished after the setback in their fiefdom.
ATH
CEL
athletic club
Unai Simon; Petxa, Vivian, Yeray, Yuri; Berenguer, Vencedor, Vesga (Zarraga, 46′), Muniain (Raúl García, 68′); Sancet (Nico Williams, 46′), Williams (Villalibre, 46′, Serrano, 72′).
Celtic
diture; Vázquez (Murillo, 73′), Araujo, Aidoo (Domínguez, 91′), Galán; Beltrán, Brais, Denis Suárez (Solari, 88′), Cervi (Tapia, 73′); Blades, Mina (Nolito, 73′).
goals
0-1 M. 11 Iago Aspas. 0-2 M. 37 Fran Beltran
Referee
Hernandez Hernandez (Canary). TA: Petxa (41′), Muniain (62′)/Vázquez (52′), Tapia (94′)
Stadium
San Mames. 35,541 spectators
The light blue team, squeezed by the need to add a victory, struck first. brais mendezinside the area, attended Blades to launch the email. With this goal, the Prince of Bateas broke a goalscoring drought that had lasted throughout the last four days.
Athletic did not want to stay out of the fight for Europe, so he tried to react quickly. In a rehearsed move, Berenguer tried his luck for the first time in goal Diture. It was not going to be the only one, since two great occasions came from the boots of sancet.
The lions improved their performance with the passing of the minutes, but Fran Beltrán destroyed all his progress with a stroke of the pen. Or rather, a hammer blow. The light blue midfielder hit a shoe from a prohibitive distance to surprise Unai Simon and increase the advantage for the visiting team.
Athletic had to row against the current to overcome the match, so Marcelino revolutionized the offensive plot. after the break, sancet and Inaki Williams were replaced by villalibre Y Nick Williams. The reaction was not as expected, so the Bilbao coach made another surprising move: Muniain for Raul Garcia. Despite the changes, the lions were unable to unsettle Diture.
The effort made to try to reverse the result had a high price. villalibre, who had jumped onto the pitch in the second act, retired injured after playing 27 minutes. This caused Marcelino to make his fifth and last change, forcing Petxa to endure on the field of play despite his visible discomfort.