La Real falls in the Cathedral by two goals from a wonderful Iñaki Williams that it was in grace He white-blue team had great occasionswhich were overshadowed by a great defensive work by the athleticzales and, a controversial hand of Vesga just before the second goal, which could have been a penalty for Real. In the same way, the classification does not change, Athletic continues seventhand the people from San Sebastian in positions of Champions League.
The first half started with great intensitywith great one-on-one confrontations and a lot of speed in the game. Arriving at minute ten, you couldn’t see none of the teams as the clear dominator of the ball, the ball went from side to side of the field.
But throughout the first minutes, more and more, the ball was controlled by the locals, the Athletic Club, with that high initial intensity that so identifies them. And as the minutes passed, each time the Real society It was the one who had the offensive initiative, although with some against the locals. plays that they came to nothinglike those of the set of Imanol Bailiff.
The equator of the first part arrived and it was still not seen to a clear dominator of the match, both had great scoring chances. The clearest was one of Nico Williams, in the small area, and with the mark of two defenders, he managed to shoot on goal. But he came across a great save by Álex Remiro.
And finally, at 32′, Iñaki Williams there was a dead ball after a lot of rebound in the small area, and with controversy over an alleged handhe managed andthe first goal of the match and was ahead on the scoreboard of the Basque derby.
The end of the first half has arrived without much movement from the goal He Athletic Club he went to the locker room with a goal advantage to nil, a 54% possession y four shots on goal in front of the zeros of a Real society that she couldn’t feel comfortable.
To face the second half, Imanol decided to make two changes on the break: Ander Barrenetxea by Gorosabel y Aritz Elustondo by Brais Mendez
and it seemed that the changes took effectthe Real found in Barrenetxea the way to reach 1-1. Thanks to him came the first great opportunity for Real and his first shot on goal that it was not just one, but three in a row that the athleticzale defense managed to get out, with two great saves from Unai Simon.
In the 60’s, one could already see a Real society much more comfortable, with a great game and good scoring chances. But the defense of Athletic I was not willing to concede 1-1. At that minute, Imanol decided to carry out other two changes: Alex Sorloth by Mikel Oyarzabal y Momo Cho by Takefusa Kubo, the footballer who more play was creating in the match.
Towards the middle of the second half, in the 70′, Iñaki Williams one is taken out very strong shot in which Remiro couldn’t do anything and scores the second for Athletic Club, just when the best was being seen Real society.
In the final minutes, things did not change. The matches and the chances were matched and, again, without a clear dominator in the final stretch of the match. The most notable were the two chances missed by the Norwegian striker, Alex Sorlothin which it seemed that it was not his day. And in this way the game ended with the result of two goals to zero for Athletic Clubwho wins the Basque derby.
Athletic manages to win the derby in Bilbao with a great performance by the team, highlighting the player from Bilbao Iñaki Williams scorer of the two goals of the matchI am MVP of this one. He Athletic continues in the seventh position two points behind Betis, which has yet to play its game, and four points behind Villarreal, waiting to enter European positions.
On the other hand, the Real society follow on Champions League positionswith still a four-point advantage from fifth, Villarreal and six from Betis, awaiting their subsequent match against Espanyol.