UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, March 17, 2016
Athletic Club WWWWW 1
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Valencia LWLLL 2
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VAL202
2nd Leg - Tied on aggregate - ATH win on away goals · Mestalla · 31,681 att.

Match Report

Athletic Bilbao's Aritz Aduriz ends Valencia's Europa League hopes

Aritz Aduriz struck late on as Athletic Bilbao edged past Gary Neville's Valencia on away goals to reach the Europa League quarterfinals.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
5
2
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
3
52.8
Possession
47.2
12
SHOTS
14
4
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
297
Accurate Passes
246
408
Passes
349
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
5
22
Crosses
26
0.1
Cross %
0.2
79
Long Balls
70
40
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
2
22
Effective Tackles
24
37
Tackles
33
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
20
Effective Clearances
17
28
Clearances
20

Head to Head

ATH leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

VAL · 4-3-3

  1. 25Mathew RyanG
  2. 4Aderlan SantosCD-L
  3. 5Shkodran MustafiCD-R
  4. 14José GayàLB
  5. 3Rúben VezoRB
  6. 18Javi FuegoCM
  7. 21André GomesLM
  8. 12Danilo BarbosaRM
  9. 7Álvaro NegredoF
  10. 22Santi MinaLF
  11. 17RodrigoRF

ATH · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Iago HerrerínG
  2. 4Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 16Xabier EtxeitaCD-R
  4. 24Mikel BalenziagaLB
  5. 10Óscar de MarcosRB
  6. 22Raúl GarcíaAM
  7. 7Beñat LM
  8. 6Mikel San JoséRM
  9. 20Aritz AdurizF
  10. 19Iker MuniainAM-L
  11. 27Sabin MerinoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Valencia 1, Athletic Club 0. Santi Mina (Valencia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  2. 25' Substitution, Athletic Club. Markel Susaeta replaces Muniain because of an injury.
  3. 37' Goal! Valencia 2, Athletic Club 0. Aderlan Santos (Valencia) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by José Gayá with a cross following a corner.
  4. 40' Santi Mina (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 42' Javi Fuego (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45'+2' Raúl García (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 68' Substitution, Valencia. Daniel Parejo replaces Javi Fuego because of an injury.
  8. 74' André Gomes (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 75' Substitution, Valencia. Sofiane Feghouli replaces Rodrigo.
  10. 75' Substitution, Athletic Club. Íñigo Lekue replaces Balenziaga.
  11. 75' Substitution, Athletic Club. Iturraspe replaces Sabin.
  12. 75' Goal! Valencia 2, Athletic Club 1. Aduriz (Athletic Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Raúl García.
  13. 77' Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  14. 83' Rúben Vezo (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 83' Substitution, Valencia. Paco Alcácer replaces André Gomes.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.