Barcelona v Athletic Club Live
31' Raúl García is the first Athletic player to be shown a yellow card this afternoon.
30' Dembélé takes on his man down the right, then looks up and fizzes a pass into the feet of Messi, who shows his brilliance with the strike.
30' GOOOAAALLL! BARCA DOUBLE THEIR LEAD! Messi with a superb finish from the edge of the box, straight into the bottom right-hand corner, giving Kepa no chance of saving that. Dembele cut in from the right, pulled the ball back to Messi who was given far too much time and space to fire his effort into the back of the net.
GOAL! Barcelona 1-0 Athletic Bilbao (8’); Quick goal for Barça! Nice work of possession, then Lionel Messi finds Jordi Alba (who seemed just a bit offside) who finds Paco Alcácer for an easy finish and the opening goal. So we don’t need Suárez, right???
It’s Barcelona matchday! The Blaugrana are back in La Liga action today and welcome Athletic Bilbao to the Camp Nou for an important step in Barça’s road to the title.
The table might say this is an easy afternoon for the leaders, but it won’t be. Even though they’re not the same team as they used to be under Ernesto Valverde, they still have a good squad of players and will make things tough for the home team. The fact that this game isn’t taking place at the San Mamés gives Barça a big advantage, but it’s still going to be difficult.
But Barça have Lionel Messi, so they’re big favorites no matter where the game is played. This should be a fun one to watch, and you can’t miss it.
You can also stay right here for the LIVE BLOG! We’ll be updating this post with all the big events in the match, so keep refreshing the page once the game starts and have fun with us!
