In the second round of La Liga, Athletic Bilbao beat Valencia 1-0 in a match that took place at San Mames.

With this important win, Athletic Bilbao raised their lead to four points and finished in seventh place, while Valencia’s balance sheet settled at 3 points in ninth place.

Returning to the atmosphere of the match, we note that the beginning of the first half between the two teams was close, despite the superiority of the bats in possession of the ball, but the wards of coach Gennaro Gattuso did not pose a clear danger to the Basque team’s goal. , and for their part, Valverde’s wards tried to take advantage of the offensive move of Valencia. And they managed to reach their goal in the 42nd minute as Alex Berenguer scored the first goal for Bilbao after an assist from Miguel Vesga to end the first half 1-0.

In the second half, Valencia heavily pressed the gates of Bilbao, whose players retreated to their defensive zones, relying on counterattacks, but the most dangerous side was Valencia, but they failed to realize the opportunity given to him in Valverde, for his part, made substitutions, to keep the winning record, after which the referee added 5 minutes of stoppage time as Valencia came close to correcting the result with Marcos André’s individual effort, but the shot touched the crossbar to end the match in a 1–0 victory in Bilbao.