UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, March 10, 2016
Valencia WWLWL 0
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Athletic Club LDWWW 1
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1st Leg · San Mamés · 35,765 att.

Match Report

Athletic Bilbao edge Valencia thanks to Raul Garcia header

Raul Garcia's first-half header gave Athletic Bilbao a 1-0 win in a near farcical first leg of their all-Spanish Europa League last-16 tie vs Valencia

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
7
3
Corner Kicks
11
9
Saves
2
43.9
Possession
56.1
7
SHOTS
20
2
ON GOAL
10
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
153
Accurate Passes
222
316
Passes
383
0.5
Pass Completion %
0.6
1
Accurate Crosses
6
8
Crosses
30
0.1
Cross %
0.2
95
Long Balls
95
33
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
3
21
Effective Tackles
13
27
Tackles
19
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
36
Effective Clearances
14
47
Clearances
18

Head to Head

ATH leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

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. 8Ander IturraspeLM
  8. 7Beñat RM
  9. 20Aritz AdurizF
  10. 19Iker MuniainAM-L
  11. 14Markel SusaetaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 2Eneko BóvedaSUB
  2. 17Mikel RicoSUB
  3. 1Gorka IraizozSUB
  4. 3Gorka ElustondoSUB
  5. 27Sabin MerinoSUB
  6. 30Iñigo LekueSUB
  7. 5Javier ErasoSUB

VAL · 4-1-4-1

  1. 25Mathew RyanG
  2. 23Aymen AbdennourCD-L
  3. 5Shkodran MustafiCD-R
  4. 18Javi FuegoDM
  5. 14José GayàLB
  6. 19Antonio BarragánRB
  7. 12Danilo BarbosaCM-L
  8. 10Dani ParejoCM-R
  9. 11Pablo PiattiLM
  10. 17RodrigoRM
  11. 7Álvaro NegredoF

Substitutes

  1. 9Paco AlcácerSUB
  2. 8Sofiane FeghouliSUB
  3. 2João CanceloSUB
  4. 22Santi MinaSUB
  5. 24Jaume DoménechSUB
  6. 3Rúben VezoSUB
  7. 21André GomesSUB

Timeline

  1. 20' Goal! Athletic Club 1, Valencia 0. Raúl García (Athletic Club) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Beñat with a cross following a set piece situation.
  2. 54' Substitution, Athletic Club. Sabin replaces Muniain.
  3. 63' Javi Fuego (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  4. 66' Danilo (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 70' Substitution, Valencia. André Gomes replaces Pablo Piatti.
  6. 71' Shkodran Mustafi (Valencia) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  7. 73' Substitution, Athletic Club. Elustondo replaces Markel Susaeta.
  8. 82' Substitution, Valencia. Paco Alcácer replaces Daniel Parejo.
  9. 83' Substitution, Athletic Club. Mikel Rico replaces Iturraspe.
  10. 86' Substitution, Valencia. Sofiane Feghouli replaces Rodrigo.

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.