Athletic Club vs Atlético Madrid, 2021-22 LaLiga
· Spanish LALIGAUninspired Atletico Madrid slump to defeat at Athletic Bilbao
Atletico Madrid's hopes of finishing second in LaLiga took a blow as they lost 2-0 to Athletic Bilbao on Saturday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Mario Hermoso (Atletico Madrid).
- 1': Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 1': Mario Hermoso (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 5': Foul by Yeray Álvarez (Athletic Bilbao).
- 5': Luis Suárez (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Attempt missed. Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Iñaki Williams.
- 7': Attempt missed. Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Iñaki Williams.
- 8': Own Goal by Mario Hermoso, Atletico Madrid. Athletic Bilbao 1, Atletico Madrid 0.
- 10': Foul by Geoffrey Kondogbia (Atletico Madrid).
- 10': Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 11': Offside, Athletic Bilbao. Yeray Álvarez tries a through ball, but Iñaki Williams is caught offside.
- 12': Foul by Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid).
- 12': Yuri Berchiche (Athletic Bilbao) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Foul by Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao).
- 12': Mario Hermoso (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Foul by Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao).
- 16': José Giménez (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Dangerous play by Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid).
- 17': Yeray Álvarez (Athletic Bilbao) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 18': Foul by Reinildo (Atletico Madrid).
- 18': Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 18': Reinildo (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 19': Attempt blocked. Íñigo Martínez (Athletic Bilbao) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 20': Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20': Foul by Dani García (Athletic Bilbao).
- 21': Foul by Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao).
- 21': Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 25': Foul by Dani García (Athletic Bilbao).
- 25': Héctor Herrera (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Dani García (Athletic Bilbao) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 27': Foul by Geoffrey Kondogbia (Atletico Madrid).
- 27': Yuri Berchiche (Athletic Bilbao) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 30': Foul by Renan Lodi (Atletico Madrid).
- 30': Óscar De Marcos (Athletic Bilbao) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Foul by Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao).
- 31': Geoffrey Kondogbia (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Attempt saved. Luis Suárez (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
- 34': Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Foul by Mikel Vesga (Athletic Bilbao).
- 38': Foul by Dani García (Athletic Bilbao).
- 38': Renan Lodi (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 38': Attempt missed. Geoffrey Kondogbia (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Marcos Llorente.
- 39': Foul by Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao).
- 39': Mario Hermoso (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Offside, Atletico Madrid. Yannick Carrasco tries a through ball, but Marcos Llorente is caught offside.
- 41': Corner, Athletic Bilbao. Conceded by Mario Hermoso.
- 42': Foul by Yeray Álvarez (Athletic Bilbao).
- 42': José Giménez (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Corner, Athletic Bilbao. Conceded by Reinildo.
- 44': Attempt missed. Yeray Álvarez (Athletic Bilbao) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Iker Muniain with a cross following a corner.
- 45': Attempt saved. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcos Llorente with a cross.
- 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Geoffrey Kondogbia.
- 45'+1': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Mikel Vesga.
- 45'+1': Attempt saved. José Giménez (Atletico Madrid) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann with a headed pass.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Athletic Bilbao 1, Atletico Madrid 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Athletic Bilbao 1, Atletico Madrid 0.
- 45': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Ángel Correa replaces Reinildo.
- 46': Foul by Óscar De Marcos (Athletic Bilbao).
- 46': Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48': Foul by Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao).
- 48': Mario Hermoso (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 49': Foul by Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao).
- 49': Renan Lodi (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 50': Foul by Íñigo Martínez (Athletic Bilbao).
- 50': Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 51': Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
- 53': Corner, Athletic Bilbao. Conceded by Yannick Carrasco.
- 54': Attempt blocked. Íñigo Martínez (Athletic Bilbao) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Iker Muniain with a cross.
- 54': Attempt missed. Mikel Vesga (Athletic Bilbao) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Yeray Álvarez following a corner.
- 54': Penalty Athletic Bilbao. Iker Muniain draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 54': Penalty conceded by Héctor Herrera (Atletico Madrid) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 56': Goal! Athletic Bilbao 2, Atletico Madrid 0. Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
- 61': Corner, Athletic Bilbao. Conceded by José Giménez.
- 62': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Yuri Berchiche.
- 64': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Yeray Álvarez.
- 64': Attempt blocked. Héctor Herrera (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mario Hermoso.
- 65': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Koke replaces Héctor Herrera.
- 65': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Rodrigo de Paul replaces Geoffrey Kondogbia.
- 65': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Matheus Cunha replaces Yannick Carrasco.
- 66': Attempt saved. Iker Muniain (Athletic Bilbao) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Raúl García.
- 66': Attempt saved. Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 67': Foul by Óscar De Marcos (Athletic Bilbao).
- 67': Matheus Cunha (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Foul by Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid).
- 68': Óscar De Marcos (Athletic Bilbao) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 70': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Sime Vrsaljko replaces Luis Suárez.
- 71': Foul by Renan Lodi (Atletico Madrid).
- 71': Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 71': Renan Lodi (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
- 71': Offside, Athletic Bilbao. Iker Muniain tries a through ball, but Iñaki Williams is caught offside.
- 74': Corner, Athletic Bilbao. Conceded by Koke.
- 74': Substitution, Athletic Bilbao. Oier Zarraga replaces Nico Williams because of an injury.
- 75': Substitution, Athletic Bilbao. Unai Vencedor replaces Dani García.
- 75': Attempt missed. Yeray Álvarez (Athletic Bilbao) header from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 77': Substitution, Athletic Bilbao. Alex Berenguer replaces Iñaki Williams.
- 78': Dangerous play by Raúl García (Athletic Bilbao).
- 78': José Giménez (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 82': Foul by Yeray Álvarez (Athletic Bilbao).
- 82': Matheus Cunha (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 83': Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 83': Foul by Mario Hermoso (Atletico Madrid).
- 85': Attempt missed. Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Rodrigo de Paul with a through ball.
- 88': Substitution, Athletic Bilbao. Mikel Balenziaga replaces Yuri Berchiche.
- 88': Substitution, Athletic Bilbao. Dani Vivian replaces Raúl García.
- 89': Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 89': Foul by José Giménez (Atletico Madrid).
- 89': Attempt saved. Unai Vencedor (Athletic Bilbao) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Iker Muniain with a cross.
- 90'+1': Alex Berenguer (Athletic Bilbao) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by José Giménez.
- 90'+3': Foul by Rodrigo de Paul (Atletico Madrid).
- 90'+3': Unai Vencedor (Athletic Bilbao) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Foul by Mario Hermoso (Atletico Madrid).
- 90'+4': Oier Zarraga (Athletic Bilbao) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Foul by Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid).
- 90'+5': Mikel Vesga (Athletic Bilbao) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Athletic Bilbao 2, Atletico Madrid 0.
- 0': Match ends, Athletic Bilbao 2, Atletico Madrid 0.
Statistics
 ATM |
ATH |
|
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Fouls | 18 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 3 | Saves | 3 |
| 56.8 | Possession | 43.2 |
| 9 | SHOTS | 11 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 4 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 383 | Accurate Passes | 286 |
| 482 | Passes | 361 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 14 | Crosses | 15 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 65 | Long Balls | 58 |
| 30 | Accurate Long Balls | 35 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 12 | Effective Tackles | 4 |
| 18 | Tackles | 9 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
| 6 | Interceptions | 17 |
| 8 | Effective Clearances | 16 |
| 8 | Clearances | 16 |
Game Information
Competition: Spanish LALIGA
Venue: San Mamés
Location: Bilbao, Spain
Attendance: 43,398
Venue: San Mamés
Location: Bilbao, Spain
Attendance: 43,398
LALIGA Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barcelona | 9 | +30 | 27 |
| 2 | Atlético Madrid | 9 | +11 | 22 |
| 3 | Real Betis | 9 | +2 | 19 |
| 4 | Real Madrid | 8 | +11 | 18 |
Line-Ups
Athletic Club (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Unai Simón (GK) |
| 4 | Iñigo Martínez |
| 5 | Yeray |
| 17 | Yuri Berchiche |
| 18 | Óscar de Marcos |
| 6 | Mikel Vesga |
| 14 | Dani García  |
| 10 | Iker Muniain |
| 30 | Nico Williams |
| 22 | Raúl García |
| 9 | Iñaki Williams |
Atlético Madrid (5-4-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 13 | Jan Oblak (GK) |
| 22 | Mario Hermoso |
| 23 | Reinildo Mandava |
| 2 | José María Giménez |
| 12 | Renan Lodi |
| 14 | Marcos Llorente |
| 4 | Geoffrey Kondogbia |
| 16 | Héctor Herrera |
| 8 | Antoine Griezmann |
| 21 | Yannick Carrasco |
| 9 | Luis Suárez |
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