He Athletic Bilbao came up in the final of the Spanish Super Cup after winning 2-1 Real Madrid in Malaga, next Thursday in the second semifinal, with a double van Raul Garcia.
Marco Asensio’s reaction after Madrid’s goal
The front of the Athletic opened the crotch bolt marker (18) and repeated the penalty (38) for it Karim Benzema explained the discount (73), insufficient for the white team. The people from Bilbao thus reach the final, where they compete against the Barcelona.
The ‘Lions’ knocked out the current Super Cup champion, although they suffered to one in the last minutes Real Madrid that grew with the passage of the minutes.
He Athletic He jumped on the lawn of La Rosaleda with more intensity than his starting rival and hit the exit of the match for the merengue team, which was very uncomfortable during the first half.
Tested Eden Hazard with a long shot saved by Unai Simon (10), but shortly after an error of Lucas Vazquez handing the ball to a rival led to the first goal.
The ball reached Dani Garcia that leaked a ball so that Raul Garcia will mark for the output of Thibaut Courtois (18).
Raul Garcia It was a real headache for the Merengue defense, who had it under control.
He Real Madrid, with the scoreboard against, still had control of the ball, but without the holes in the Athletic, which quickly increased the bill.
Another mistake from Lucas Vazquez, which grabbed a rival in the area and caused a penalty, which changed Raul Garcia to convert the 2-0 (38).
Real Madrid responds
After the break it is Real Madrid gave more intensity to his game and tried to give freshness and imbalance with the entry on the field of the young Brazilian Vinicius and from the Uruguayan Believe Valverde (67).
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Little by little, the white team shook off the pressure Athletic, who began to blame the passage of the minutes, getting closer and more dangerous to the goal that was being defended Unai Simon.
Marco Asensio crashed two balls into the post (62, 69) as a prelude to both Benzema.
The Frenchman closed a pass from Casemiro to post the 2-1 (72) after moments of suspense due to the video referee’s review.
Benzema He would see the door again, but this time the goal did not go to the scoreboard because the French attacker was offside (82).
The goal spurred the meringues in the last fifteen minutes Athleticreduced to defending and attempted counterattack, but still gave a start in a gallop from Asier Villalibre, who lost hand in hand with Polite (80).
From that moment on, the Athletic he devoted himself to narrowing the balls until the referee whistled for the end, sending the Basques into the deciding game of the Super Cup.