Spanish Copa del Rey

FT Thursday, January 5, 2017
Barcelona DWWWW 1
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Athletic Club WDLWW 2
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1st Leg · San Mamés · 45,772 att.

Match Report

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Athletic Bilbao hang to defeat Barcelona in Copa del Rey first leg

Athletic Bilbao held on with nine-men to surprise Barcelona 2-1 in the first leg of their last-16 Copa del Rey tie on Thursday.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
20
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
2
4
Offsides
0
9
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
2
66.7
Possession
33.3
11
SHOTS
7
3
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
507
Accurate Passes
207
602
Passes
289
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
4
18
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.3
76
Long Balls
66
48
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
0
15
Effective Tackles
13
18
Tackles
22
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
20
Effective Clearances
33
20
Clearances
33

Head to Head

BAR leads series 5-0

Lineups

ATH · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Gorka IraizozG
  2. 4Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 16Xabier EtxeitaCD-R
  4. 24Mikel BalenziagaLB
  5. 2Eneko BóvedaRB
  6. 22Raúl GarcíaAM
  7. 8Ander IturraspeLM
  8. 6Mikel San JoséRM
  9. 20Aritz AdurizF
  10. 25Enric SaboritAM-L
  11. 11Iñaki WilliamsAM-R

BAR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marc-André ter StegenG
  2. 23Samuel UmtitiCD-L
  3. 3Gerard PiquéCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 20Sergi RobertoRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 8Andrés IniestaLM
  8. 4Ivan RakitićRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 11NeymarLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Timeline

  1. 25' Goal! Athletic Club 1, Barcelona 0. Aduriz (Athletic Club) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Raul García with a cross.
  2. 28' Goal! Athletic Club 2, Barcelona 0. Iñaki Williams (Athletic Club) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Aduriz.
  3. 40' Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 40' Aduriz (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45'+1' Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 45'+2' Jordi Alba (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 45'+3' Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 52' Goal! Athletic Club 2, Barcelona 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
  9. 53' Iturraspe (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 55' Raul García (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 68' Substitution, Athletic Club. Muniain replaces Saborit.
  12. 71' Substitution, Barcelona. André Gomes replaces Ivan Rakitic.
  13. 74' Second yellow card to Raul García (Athletic Club) for a bad foul.
  14. 78' Substitution, Athletic Club. Eraso replaces Aduriz.
  15. 80' Second yellow card to Iturraspe (Athletic Club) for a bad foul.
  16. 84' Substitution, Athletic Club. Elustondo replaces Iñaki Williams.
  17. 88' Substitution, Barcelona. Paco Alcácer replaces Samuel Umtiti.

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