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Barca beaten in Bilbao by thunderous strike from Aduriz

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Reuters
17 August, 2019, 09:00 am
Last modified: 17 August, 2019, 09:00 am

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Barca beaten in Bilbao by thunderous strike from Aduriz

The 38-year-old came off the bench late in the game and soon made Barca pay for squandering several chances.

Reuters
17 August, 2019, 09:00 am
Last modified: 17 August, 2019, 09:00 am
Football - La Liga Santander - Athletic Bilbao v FC Barcelona - San Mames, Bilbao, Spain - August 16, 2019 Athletic Bilbao's Aritz Aduriz celebrates scoring their first goal with team mates. Reuters
Football - La Liga Santander - Athletic Bilbao v FC Barcelona - San Mames, Bilbao, Spain - August 16, 2019 Athletic Bilbao's Aritz Aduriz celebrates scoring their first goal with team mates. Reuters

La Liga champions Barcelona fell to their first opening day defeat of the season in 11 years when they were beaten 1-0 at Athletic Bilbao thanks to a sensational late overhead kick from veteran striker Aritz Aduriz.

The 38-year-old came off the bench late in the game and soon made Barca pay for squandering several chances by acrobatically lashing an unstoppable shot into the net in the 89th minute.

No Messi, no goals ❌❌❌

Barcelona LOSE their opening game of the 2019-20 Liga season! pic.twitter.com/6CXdQEJFMx— Goal (@goal) August 16, 2019

The Catalans were without injured captain Lionel Messi but lined up with 200 million euros of new talent in France forward Antoine Griezmann and Dutch midfielder Frenkie de Jong.

However, they lacked sparkle against an energetic Bilbao side who had the better run of play for the first half even though Barca came closest to scoring before the interval.

38 years old.
0-0 in the 90th minute.
Playing Barcelona.

Take a bow, Aritz Aduriz ?✂️ pic.twitter.com/IOvS9skDJh— B/R Football (@brfootball) August 16, 2019

Luis Suarez struck the near post in the first half when presented with a terrible back pass from Athletic’s Unai Lopez and was soon forced off with a calf injury, while substitute Rafinha rattled the crossbar after coming on.

Barca improved after the break as coach Ernesto Valverde replaced young midfielder Carles Alena with the more experienced Ivan Rakitic and spent most of the second period in the home side’s area.

Aritz Aduriz's game by numbers vs. Barcelona:

3 minutes played
2 touches
1 aerial duel won
1 shot
1 goal

Match winner. pic.twitter.com/h68gJxYR7K— Squawka Football (@Squawka) August 16, 2019

Rakitic and Rafinha each came close to scoring for the visitors but they were outdone by one of Spanish football’s best loved players in Aduriz, who has announced that he will retire at the end of the season.

“Sometimes football is so beautiful and when you least expect it a ball like that comes to your feet and goes into the net,” Aduriz told reporters.

“Barcelona are the best team around and it’s very difficult to last a whole game taking them on and matching them for space but we knew exactly how to manage our energy.”

It was the first time Barca have lost their opening game of the season since 2008, when they were beaten 1-0 by Numancia in Pep Guardiola’s debut game in charge, although they swiftly recovered from that setback and went on to win the treble.

When Neymar sees Barcelona lost, Messi and Suarez are injured and Coutinho is off to Bayern ?✈️ pic.twitter.com/hSUuWI2d2e— B/R Football (@brfootball) August 16, 2019

“This is a very difficult ground to come to and we were made to see how tough the competition is,” said Barca defender Gerard Pique.

“We did not play like we usually do and they put us under a lot of pressure and if you’re not at your very best then a team like Athletic walks all over you.”

Football

Barcelona FC / Ernesto Valverde / La Liga / Aritz Aduriz

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