Athletic Club Bilbao Secure Victory Against Gennaro Gattuso’s Valencia in Thrilling La Liga Fixture

• Álex Berenguer scored the only goal of the game as Athletic Club Bilbao beat Valencia in a thrilling game
• Inaki and Nico Williams both had goals disallowed due to offside calls as Athletic Club Bilbao won 1-0
• Marcos André missed a great chance in the dying seconds of the game as Valencia suffered a defeat

Athletic Club Bilbao and Valencia put on an absolute thriller in La Liga at the San Mamés Stadium.

The action-packed encounter saw both sides push forward in the first half, trying to grab the opening goal. The end-to-end action didn’t let up until the halftime break whistle, which saw Athletic Club take the lead.

Álex Berenguer broke the deadlock before the half-time break, firing low to beat Giorgi Mamardashvili in the Valencia goal. Despite the one-goal difference at the break, both sides could have had much more. Berenguer was denied earlier in the half while Samuel Castillejo blasted a ball over the goals from close range for Valencia.

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Nico, Inaki Williams, and Iker Muniain also had great chances to give Athletic Club a bigger lead.

Los Leones looked to grab a second in the second half as they dominated large spells of the next 45 minutes. The Williams brothers and Berenguer offered constant attacking options for the hosts as they pressed forward.

Gennaro Gattuso’s Valencia side were forced to play on the break but never created a decent chance to grab an equaliser.

Athletic did have two goals chalked off due to offside, with both Williams brothers scoring the disallowed goals.

The game ended in a chaotic fashion as Athletic failed to score a second goal in the dying minutes before Valencia overturned the ball and tore down the pitch. the other way. Marcos André then smashed the ball across the goal, and it narrowly missed nestling into the back of the net.

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The game ended after the ball went out, and Athletic secured all three points.

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