Athletic and Granada tie on the rebound

Tie on points in San Mamés. Bounce tables. The Athletic was early on the scoreboard, but the Granada came back before the break. An own goal from Maximiano, the visiting goalkeeper, allowed the lions to save a point.

A somewhat strange game, the one played during the winter night in Bilbao. Rainfall and turf changes on the local field may have had their influence. A mistake by Montoro allowed Raul Garcia open the bookmark. Machís He then made use of his speed and finishing ability to make it 1-1.

The 1-2 came in a visitor against that culminated Jorge Molina after taking advantage of a ball bounced off Yeray’s legs. The injuries then took their toll on a Nasrid team that saw their goalkeeper send the leather towards his own goal after a play starring Williams, Muniain and its defenses. The clash ended with the expulsion of Iñigo Martinez, via WHERE, after another incomprehensible mistake by Unai Simon.

MarcelinoAs it was guessed, he chose to make two changes compared to the eleven that came from drawing at Levante’s home. There was surprise, in any case, in one of the decisions of the Asturian coach. Iñaki Williams He was the one who stayed on the bench with Berenguer and his brother Nico and Sancet started with Raúl García as a center forward.

Robert Moreno, suspended, made four variations after the defeat suffered against Madrid. Two behind and as many in the middle. Torrente and Escudero thus formed back with Montoro in the double pivot and Machís open to the left wing.

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The match started face to face for the lions. Raul Garcia opened the scoring in the 10th minute by taking advantage of a measured pass from Muniain after a serious previous error of Montoro in the exit of the ball. The lions thus broke their particular ballast in front of goal.

The joy on the Bilbao side did not last long. Machís established the tie a quarter of an hour later when he left Lekue and beat Unai Simon. The Granada it grew from there and took advantage of another outing to the counter before the break to get ahead on the scoreboard. The fireproof Jorge Molina culminated the visiting play started after a rude failure of Muniain in the service of a foul in favor of the rival field.

The Granada, with German injured, he chose to start with Gonalons stuck between the two centrals and Luis Suárez moved to the wing in a clear 1-5-4-1. Machís after and Rochina later they also had to be withdrawn due to injury. The locals, with Zarraga e Iñaki Williams like men of refreshment, they were slowly locking up their rival, but with hardly any arrivals at goal.

A shot to the crossbar of Raul Garcia and another from Zarraga were replicated by a chut center of Luis Suarez which also ended up skimming the crossbar. Bilbao’s insistence paid off with the tying goal fifteen minutes from the end. Rebounding goal after a drop Raul Garcia taken advantage of by Williams I that the visiting goalkeeper ended up sneaking into his own goal.

The lions intensified their attack in search of the winning goal, but only Iñigo Martínez, with a distant shot, he endangered Maximiano. An error in Unai Simón’s pass to the rojiblanco central defender himself forced him to knock down Luis Suarez at the edge of the area a breath from the end. The rojiblanco central saw the red after consultation of the referee to WHERE and the lions were saved from defeat after the free kick, with a rebound included, visitor.