FC Barcelona Triumphs Over Athletic Bilbao 2-1: Lewandowski Sparks Second Consecutive La Liga Win

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2024-08-24 19:44:48

FC Barcelona scored their second win in a row in the Spanish league on Saturday when they beat Athletic Bilbao (2-1) at Camp Nou.

With a squad still being built a few days before the end of the transfer window, FC Barcelona relied again on its striker Robert Lewandowski on Saturday to win (2-1) on their turf against Athletic Bilbao during the second day of La Liga.

Already the double author in Valencia at the beginning of the season last week, the Polish striker again gave his team three points. At the end of a nice collective movement, he took advantage of a blunder against the goalkeeper Alex Padilla to score the second goal for Barça (75th, 2-1), allowing the Catalan club to join Celta Vigo at the top of the championship with two wins. in two days.

The 36-year-old was rewarded for his efforts, after hitting the post twice (37th, 57th) and then coming up against the representative of the Spaniard Unai Simon (64), who is coming recovered after hand surgery.

A well-deserved success for the Catalan club, who presented an unprecedented eleven to deprive himself of many potential starters (Gavi, De Jong, Araujo, Christensen) and his summer recruit Dani Olmo, who is not yet registered in La Liga due to lack of liquidity. .

In the match for the second official game of their new coach Hansi Flick, the Blaugranas opened the scoring through the achievement of the Spanish Lamine Yamal (24th, 1-0), whose curling shot was deflected into his own goal by Inigo’s goal. Lekue, then conceded the equalizer to Sancet on a penalty (42nd, 1-1).

This second day continues in the evening with the trip of Real Sociedad to Espanyol Barcelona and the first opportunity at the Santiago Bernabéu of Kylian Mbappé in a Real Madrid jersey on Sunday against Valladolid (5:00 pm), before the first shock at the Metropolitano between Atletico. Madrid and Girona (9:30 pm).

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