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Athletic Bilbao

  • Gabilondo 26’

Sevilla

  • Kanouté 39’, 58’

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Athletic Bilbao
    • Sevilla
    • 90'+3 Free kick to Athletic will be last kick of the match - crossed in, and defender Etxelta has a header to square the match... AND IT RUNS A FOOT WIDE!!! The whistle goes, and it's all over. Thanks for joining us, and stay right here for Espanyol v Real Madrid.
    • 90'+2 Yellow for Gurpegi and Armando for a push and backchat to the ref respectively. And also because the ref has clearly just realised that he's forgotten to book anyone for a few minutes.
    • 90'+1 Three extra minutes to play, and Sevilla have a dangerous free kick from the left. Renato unaccountably passes short to Perotti rather than trying to put in a cross, and it fizzles out.
    • 89' SO CLOSE TO THE EQUALISER!!!!!! From nowhere Athletic get a great chance - their first clear opportunity in over half an hour - as striker Toquero is through on Palop in a one-on-one. But he shoots weakly at the keeper, and the chance is gone. Terrible miss.
    • 87' Sevilla's Aldo Duscher hustles Susaseta off the ball to finish yet another Athletic attack. The visitors are really cruising now.
    • 84' Great run by Romaric into midfield fizzles out as the playmaker turns back on himself and dribbles back towards his own goal. They're not even trying to pretend that they're not just killing time to get to the whistle.
    • 82' Athletic's players are still running around as if they're determined to find an equalier, but Sevilla look the more likely to add to the scoring.
    • 79' Sevilla midfielder Acosta gets a ridiculous yellow card for deliberately standing in front of one of the Athletic players as he took a free kick.
    • 77' Penalty shout for Sevilla as Renato goes down - there's no doubt there was contact, but it looked like Ustaritz got the ball as well.
    • 76' Good chance for Sevilla up the other end, with Costa making a run up the right, cutting in well... and firing straight at Armando.
    • 74' Athletic finally start to push back up the pitch to get an attack going to try to save the three points - and Palop nearly makes a mess of a simple corner. But he just about flaps enough to hang on to the ball and save his blushes.
    • 70' Pacey counter-attacking run by Sevilla's star winger Capel up the left, the ball across not finding anyone but still forcing the corner. It's all Sevilla now...
    • 68' Lovely attack up the left by Sevilla, with Perotti cutting in and putting in a good ball which forces the corner to be conceded.
    • 66' Sevilla take off their key striker, Freddie Kanoute. Which is sensible, with a cup match coming up mid-week... but will start to look like a bad decision should Athletic equalise.
    • 62' Athletic make another change, striker Velez coming off and Inigo coming on.
    • 58' GOAL FOR KANOUTE!!!!! It's been coming, he's been in stunning form tonight. He gets on to a long pass from Romaric, catches it on his foot, controls and draws off to the right to beat two defenders, then smashes a brilliant finish to the bottom left corner.
    • 56' A couple of changes, with Athletic taking Munoz off for Iturraspe and Sevilla switching Fazio for Renato.
    • 54' Brilliant chance for Kanoute, turning and striking a brilliant shot from the edge of the box after picking up a corner clearance. He did an amazing job to get that on target and with power, but Armando held on well to make the save.
    • 51' The match has settled down into a tough midfield battle at the moment. Those big tackles - which saw so many yellow cards in the first half - have calmed down a little. Probably because the managers have warned their men about the ref's distinctly itchy pocket finger.
    • 48' Lovely move by Sevilla ends with Kanoute having a dig - OOOHHHH GREAT EFFORT BY THE STRIKER! The ball runs just inches wide of the post, but the keeper was well beaten.
    • 46' We're back in action here in Bilbao, hopefully the second half will be as entertaining as the first.
    • 45' Another good move from Athletic, this time through Susaseta on the right, but well defended and that's the end of the half. Sevilla have been the better side overall, but it has to be said that Athletic have looked an awful lot more dangerous once they get to the business end. This could easily go either way.
    • 41' Romaric runs around half the Athletic defence trying to get an opportunity on his favoured left shot - but then gives up and unleashes with his right instead, and nearly scores! The low, drilled drive only just misses the right post and would probably have beaten Armando had it been the right side of the post.
    • 39' Sevilla come up the right yet again, and a decent ball in to the box finds Kanoute... WHO CONTROLS, SHOOTS AND SCORES!!!! Superb equaliser from Freddy Kanoute!!
    • 38' Sevilla start to get back in to the game with a couple of attacks, the long-haired Capel on the right being thekey man.
    • 34' Yet another booking, it's Mosquera this time for pulling down, and then - incredibly - jumping on top of Susareta. I'll be stunned if someone doesn't go off sooner or later, this is starting to resemble UFC rather than football.
    • 33' Athletic defender Amorebieta goes in late on Romaric and enters the book. This is a pretty bad-tempered game already.
    • 32' Athletic win a corner: it's put in well, but this time there are no mistakes from the defence and the ball is well cleared.
    • 29' Goal hero Gabilondo doesn't so much pull Fazio's shirt as try to rip it off for about 30 seconds, and he earns immortality in the ref's little black book.
    • 28' Inexplicably Sevilla are losing the plot: they concede a free kick eight yards outside the box on the left, AND PALOP SPILLS THE BALL AGAIN - AND TOQUERO SO NEARLY GETS TO THE REBOUND! Very nearly a second for Athletic.
    • 26' GOAL FOR ATHLETIC BILBAO!!!! After making their first couple of attacks of the match Athletic kept the pressure on, and from a corner the ball was cleared only as far as Gabilondon... who smashes a terrific drive straight at the keeper, who dribbles it through his hands and the home side have the lead!
    • 25' Despicable chop from Munoz earns him a yellow.
    • 24' Sevilla win a free kick just outside the box: the ball is passed short to Romaric, whose lovely curling shot looks great but swerves not quite enough to make it in to the top corner.
    • 22' First decent shot from Atheletic, and it's Susaseta who cuts in from the left and has a dig. It's a powerful shot, but runs wide and Palop had it covered in any case.... but still, good to see a bit of spirit from the home team.
    • 19' More good work up the right from Sevilla - who look far, far better than Athletic on early evidence. A long thrown by Mosquera followed by a good cross in from the same player gives Kanoute a great chance at a header, drawing a good save from Armando.
    • 18' First attacking move of the match by Athletic ends in a weak cross to an under-strength attacking force.
    • 16' Nice dive from Diego Capel wins a free kick for Sevilla... delivered well but the Athletic defence clear it well.
    • 14' Romaric hits what is quite possibly the worst pass - or was it a shot? - I've ever seen, that quite literally flies 15 yards over the goal and is still rising as it goes off the pitch. Give it a minute and the ball will be visible in the night sky - it's boind to make it in to orbit.
    • 12' Another good half-chance for Kanoute, who is onside chasing a long cross in from the right... but the nippy striker is just a fraction late and can only glance the ball across the goalmouth.
    • 11' Another good move up the left... and a chance falls for Kanoute! Navarro's cross from the left was mis-handled by Armando in the Athletic goal and Kanoute almost got on to it to bundle it in.
    • 9' It's still Sevilla making all the running, Capel, Romaric and Federico Fazio all looking useful for the visitors.
    • 6' Sevilla come forward on the left flank, with Capel winning a free kick. Romaric puts in a good ball but it's a little too long for any of the attackers to get on to.
    • 4' Lots of aerial ping-pong at the moment with neither side able to create anything concrete.
    • 1' The match gets under way, Sevilla making the running in the early exchanges without creating any sort of chance.
    • - This is the second of three meetings inside the space of a month for these two sides: they drew each other in the Copa Del Rey. Sevilla won that first game, at home, 2-1 to add to their October 4-0 victory against Athletic.
    • - Welcome to our LIVE coverage of Athletic Bilbao against Sevilla in La Liga. Kick-off is at 7pm UK time - join us then!

  • Team Stats

    Athletic Bilbao Stats Sevilla
    38% Possession 61%
    8 Shots 17
    5 Shots on target 4
    0 Saves 2
    3 Corners 4
    9 Fouls 18
    1 Offsides 0
    5 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    22 Tackles 17
    178 Accurate passes 337
    57 Bad passes 75

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Athletic Bilbao
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Armando Riveiro de Aguilar Malda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0
      29 Xabier Etxeita Gorritxategi 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14 0 1
      4 Aldekoaotalora Ustaritz 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 30 2 7
      42 Mikel Balenziaga 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 11 13 4
      5 Fernando Amorebieta 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 11 3 2
      14 Markel Susaeta Laskurain 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 15 7 0
      11 Igor Gabilondo 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 12 8 0
      22 Iñaki Muñoz 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 4 1
      2 Gaizka Toquero 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 9 5 3
      18 Carlos Gurpegui 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 30 2 2
      21 Ion Vélez 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 8 3 0
      1 Gorka Iraizoz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Ander Iturraspe 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 8 1 2
      48 Unai Perez Medina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      41 Adrien Goñi Cariñanos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Joseba Garmendia 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0
      15 Andoni Iraola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Iñigo Vélez 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 5 0
    • Sevilla
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Andrés Palop 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 0
      15 Aquivaldo Mosquera 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 29 0 4
      23 Federico Fazio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 1 0
      18 Fernando Navarro 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 36 19 2
      3 Ivica Dragutinovic 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 20 5 2
      4 Sebastien Squillaci 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 0
      22 Koffi Ndri Romaric 0 5 0 1 1 0 1 46 10 0
      5 Aldo Duscher 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 52 9 3
      12 Frederic Kanouté 2 6 3 1 3 0 0 22 2 1
      25 Diego Perotti 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 28 10 2
      17 Diego Capel 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 24 8 2
      11 Renato Dirnei 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 5 1
      13 Javi Varas Herrera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Enzo Maresca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Jesús Navas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Lautaro Acosta 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 3 0
      24 Abdoulay Konko 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0
      35 Jose Carlos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 89' SO CLOSE TO THE EQUALISER!!!!!! From nowhere Athletic get a great chance - their first clear opportunity in over half an hour - as striker Toquero is through on Palop in a one-on-one. But he shoots weakly at the keeper, and the chance is gone. Terrible miss.
    • 76' Good chance for Sevilla up the other end, with Costa making a run up the right, cutting in well... and firing straight at Armando.
    • 58' GOAL FOR KANOUTE!!!!! It's been coming, he's been in stunning form tonight. He gets on to a long pass from Romaric, catches it on his foot, controls and draws off to the right to beat two defenders, then smashes a brilliant finish to the bottom left corner.
    • 54' Brilliant chance for Kanoute, turning and striking a brilliant shot from the edge of the box after picking up a corner clearance. He did an amazing job to get that on target and with power, but Armando held on well to make the save.
    • 48' Lovely move by Sevilla ends with Kanoute having a dig - OOOHHHH GREAT EFFORT BY THE STRIKER! The ball runs just inches wide of the post, but the keeper was well beaten.
    • 41' Romaric runs around half the Athletic defence trying to get an opportunity on his favoured left shot - but then gives up and unleashes with his right instead, and nearly scores! The low, drilled drive only just misses the right post and would probably have beaten Armando had it been the right side of the post.
    • 39' Sevilla come up the right yet again, and a decent ball in to the box finds Kanoute... WHO CONTROLS, SHOOTS AND SCORES!!!! Superb equaliser from Freddy Kanoute!!
    • 28' Inexplicably Sevilla are losing the plot: they concede a free kick eight yards outside the box on the left, AND PALOP SPILLS THE BALL AGAIN - AND TOQUERO SO NEARLY GETS TO THE REBOUND! Very nearly a second for Athletic.
    • 26' GOAL FOR ATHLETIC BILBAO!!!! After making their first couple of attacks of the match Athletic kept the pressure on, and from a corner the ball was cleared only as far as Gabilondon... who smashes a terrific drive straight at the keeper, who dribbles it through his hands and the home side have the lead!
    • 24' Sevilla win a free kick just outside the box: the ball is passed short to Romaric, whose lovely curling shot looks great but swerves not quite enough to make it in to the top corner.
    • 19' More good work up the right from Sevilla - who look far, far better than Athletic on early evidence. A long thrown by Mosquera followed by a good cross in from the same player gives Kanoute a great chance at a header, drawing a good save from Armando.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz

  • Athletic Bilbao

    Manager: Joaquín Caparrós

    Starting line-up

    • A. Riveiro Yellow Card
    • A. Ustaritz Yellow Card
    • G. Etxeita
    • F. Amorebieta Yellow Card
    • M. Balenziaga
    • M. Susaeta
    • C. Gurpegi Yellow Card
    • I. Muñoz Yellow Card Substitution Out (55′)
    • I. Gabilondo Goal Substitution Out (80′)
    • G. Toquero
    • I. Vélez Substitution Out (72′)

    Subs

    • 16. P. Orbaiz
    • 1. G. Iraizoz
    • 15. A. Iraola
    • 9. F. Llorente
    • 8. G. Garmendia Substitution In80′
    • 24. J. Martínez
    • 3. L. Koikili
    • 26. A. Iturraspe Substitution In55′
    • 48. U. Medina

    Injured

    • 17. J. Etxeberria
    • 19. A. Murillo
    • 6. J. Del Olmo

    Suspended

    • 10. F. Yeste

  • Sevilla

    Manager: Manuel Jiménez

    Starting line-up

    • A. Palop
    • A. Mosquera Yellow Card
    • S. Squillaci
    • I. Dragutinovic
    • F. Navarro
    • F. Fazio Substitution Out (54′)
    • A. Duscher
    • D. Perotti
    • N. Romaric
    • D. Capel Substitution Out (74′)
    • F. Kanouté Goals×2 Substitution Out (66′)

    Subs

    • 8. E. Maresca
    • 35. .. José Carlos
    • 24. A. Konko Substitution In74′
    • 6. A. Correia
    • 7. J. Navas
    • 11. D. Renato Substitution In54′
    • 13. J. Varas
    • 21. L. Acosta Substitution In66′ Yellow Card

    Injured

    • 14. J. Escudé
    • 10. L. Fabiano
    • 19. E. Chevanton
    • 2. J. Navarro

    Suspended

    None

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  1. manuel jimenez is idiot

    From Mihajlo, on Sun 1 Mar 3:37AM

  2. athletic with a B team leads against sevilla
    poor­ sevilla

    From Mihajlo, on Sun 1 Mar 3:36AM

  3. Llorente is not on D bench 2night thats your @#$% up.­ Llorente to score first goal

    From ian.mitchell74, on Sun 1 Mar 2:41AM

  4. sevilla will obviously tharsh bilbao unless a miracle­ happens

    From eteong, on Fri 27 Feb 10:20PM
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