An Athletic with the brothers Williams and Berenguer Inspired, they came out in a rush to eliminate a harmless Espanyol in 30 minutes. The people of Bilbao, perhaps thinking that they have a football match on Thursday Europa Leaguetheir favorite competition this season given that the final is being played in their stadium and they want to play it, came out ready to put the game to bed quickly and achieved it with three goals in the first half hour of the game.
In the 5th minute, Nico Williams took the first corner of the game that came to Vivian who, allied with fortune, managed to beat Joan García with a knee. This goal did not tame the lions who continued bombarding the Perica area without Espanyol managing to get beyond the central circle. The ball lasted a few seconds at the feet of the blue and white players and there was only one interruption in the game due to a hit. Joan Garcia on the side, and which set off all the alarms on the Espanyol bench, relieved for a few moments the pressure on the fashionable goalkeeper’s area in the League.
Fruit of the constant arrivals to the perica area in the 27th minute the eldest of the Williams He received a ball in the center of the area, assisted by Berenguer, and the second goal arrived. Almost without time for anything, two minutes later, in the midst of the Biscayan hubbub, a ride from Nico on the wing arrives, once again, at Berenguer, strategically located in the center of the area, who leaves it behind. Inaki Williamsto sentence the match. The last third of the first half saw Bilbao allow a harmless Espanyol to stretch their lines without the Basque goalkeeper having to intervene. The match was doomed.
Espanyol came out in the second half with three changes, one of them due to a strong blow to Gragera on the ankle, ready to stalk the red and white area but Bilbao only had to contain Espanyol’s timid initial attacks to score the fourth goal by Berenguer in a counterattack in ’54.
The rest of the game took place almost all the time in the Bilbao half of the field but Espanyol showed their lack of goal and how much the lack of Puado is noticeable. A free kick taken masterfully by Tejero from outside the area in the extension served to somewhat disguise the result and allowed RCD Espanyol to score the second goal of the season away from Cornellá.
RCD Espanyol remains with 10 pointstwo points above relegation, waiting to see what their rivals do at the bottom of the table. As has been happening with all home games since the start of the season, the match against Sevilla next Friday becomes a new final for Espanyol. Beating the Sevillistas, moving away from dangerous positions, and arriving with a good feeling for the derby in Montuic will be more than an obligation for Espanyol.
Match sheet
Spanish: Joan Garcia, Omar El Hilali, Kumbulla (73′ Tejero), Sergi Gómez, Brian Oliván, Romero (45′ Pere Milla), Gragera (45′ Cabrera), Pol Lozano, Kral, Jofre Carreras (71′ Cardona), Veliz (45′ Cheddira).
Athletic Club of Bilbao: Agirrezabala, Yuri (63′ Adama), Núñez, Vivian, De Marcos, Jauregizar, Galarreta (63′ Beñat Prados), Nico Williams (73′ Álvaro Djalo), Berenguer (78′ Unai Gómez), Iñaki Williams (73′ Nico Serrano), Guruzeta.
Goals: 1-0 Vivian (5′), 2-0 Iñaki Williams (27′), 3-0 Iñaki Williams (29′), 4-0 Berenguer (54′)‚ 4-1 Tejero (90+2′).
Referee: Mateo Busquets Ferrer (Balearic Islands). He cautioned Yuri (45+3′), Núñez (48′), Milla (51′), Cabrera (74′), El Hilali (82′).
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