He overcame the nightmarish start and celebrated a great turnaround Athletic Bilbao!
Ernesto Valverde’s team found themselves losing 2-0 from the 10th minute of the home match against Betishowever, pulled off the upset before the first half was out and eventually prevailed with 4-2celebrating their second straight victory in this year’s La Liga.
The Andalusians started brightly and opened the scoring through Willian Jose in the 2nd minute, before Isco put his side ahead with two goals after 10 minutes.
However, Athletic equalized with two well-placed penalties by Vesga and turned the tide before the end of the first half, with a goal by Gurutheta at 45’+7′! With meaningless possession in the second half, Betis not only did not find the equalizer, but also received a fourth in the 84th minute from Unai Goneth, for the final 4-2.
Earlier, the Osasuna put a brake on Valenciaprevailing 2-1 inside the “Mestaja” and ending the winning streak of the “bats” at the start of the new league. The visitors opened the scoring with Oroth in the 24th minute and the home team then pressed in search of an equaliser, which they finally found in the 80th minute with a goal from Douro. However, Valencia failed to even get a point, with Vidal scoring the winner at 90’+5′!
The results of the 3rd round:
Friday 25/8
Las Palmas-Sociedad 0-0
Celta-Real Madrid 0-1 (81′ Bellingham)
Saturday 26/8
Cádiz-Almeria 1-1
(59′ Hernandez-90+5′ Caiki)
Granada-Mallorca 3-2
(12′ Rubio, 46′ Zaragoza, 70′ Ouzouni-38′ Prats, 87′ Costa)
Sevilla-Girona 1-2
(45’+2′ Gudely – 16′ Herrera, 56′ Garcia)
Sunday 27/8
Villarreal-Barcelona 3-4
(26′ Foith, 40′ Sorloth, 50′ Baena – 12′ Gavi, 15′ De Jong, 68′ Ferran Torres, 71′ Lewandowski)
Valencia-Osasuna 1-2
(24′ Pen. Oroth, 90’+5′ Vidal – 80′ Duro)
Bilbao-Betis 4-2
(30′ pen, 45′ pen. Vesga, 45’+7′ Gurutheta, 84′ Unai Gomet – 2′ Willian Jose, 10′ Isco)
Monday 28/8
Getafe-Alaves 20:30
Rayo Vallecano-Atletico 22:30
Next (4th matchday)
Friday 1/9
Cadiz-Villarreal
Almeria-Thelta
Saturday 2/9
Sociedad-Granada
Real Madrid-Getafe
Alavés-Valencia
Betis-Rayo Vaguecano
Sunday 3/9
Girona-Las Palmas
Mallorca-Bilbao
Atletico-Seville
Osasuna-Barcelona
Source: Sport Fm
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