Bilbao (AFP)
Athletic Bilbao regained its balance, despite the numerical deficiency in its ranks, and remained in the struggle to participate in the Champions League next season, by defeating its host Getafe 2-0 in the opening of the thirty-fourth stage of the Spanish Football League.
The Basque club entered the match on the back of its loss in the last stage to Atletico Madrid 1-3, continuing its faltering that began with a loss to leaders Real Madrid 0-2, and then a draw with Villarreal and Granada with the same score 1-1.
But he was able to achieve his first victory at Getafe since January 2016 (1-0), thanks to the goals of Ghanaian-Spanish Iñaki Williams (28 and 51), despite completing the match with nine players, after Yeray was sent off in the 58th minute, then Aitor Peredes in the 79th minute. And his coach Ernesto Valverde in the 85th minute.
Luck was on the side of the Basque club at the end of the match, when Englishman Mason Greenwood failed to convert a penalty kick for the visitors, after it was blocked by goalkeeper Unai Simon (88), raising his score to 61 points in fifth place.
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