Real Zaragoza come from behind to secure a vital win against Athletic Bilbao - La Liga Match Update
Real Zaragoza beat Athletic Bilbao 2-1 in a La Liga encounter at the Estadio La Romareda on Wednesday evening. Jiri Jarosik and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ikechukwu-Uche-c16813 scored for the hosts, who move out of the drop zone with this win.
Javier Aguirre made three changes to his starting line-up that played a stalemate draw against Sporting Gijon at the weekend. Maurizio Lanzaro and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carlos-Diogo-c8420 and Javier Parades in the defence, while Uche replaced Florent Sinama
Pongolle upfront for the hosts. Joaquin Caparros made wholesale changes to his team that lost 2-1 against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gaizka-Toquero-c14388 were retained upfront by the visitors.
The first half kicked off with the visitors getting a chance at an early lead in the third minute of the game but Markel Susaeta’s shot from six yards hit the cross bar to deny Bilbao. Both teams played an aggressive game in the opening 15 minutes and were
involved in rugged tackles.
The visitors finally opened the scoring in the 18th minute, when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Igor-Gabilondo-c16699 swung in a free kick and Llorente grabbed a goal from deep inside the penalty area to the bottom corner of the net, to make it 1-0 for Bilbao.
Zaragoza immediately picked up the pace after conceding, as they came close to an equaliser in the 20th minute. Uche’s well struck shot was nicely saved by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gorka-Iraizoz-c15189 to deny the hosts.
Real Zaragoza made a barrage of attacks on the Bilbao defence and an equalising goal looked inevitable. Just before the half time whistle, Herrera Ander tested his luck from 20 yards but his powerful left footed effort was splendidly saved by Iraizoz.
Immediately after the resumption of the second half, the hosts were rewarded for their brilliant attacking play. Jarosik received a ball in the Bilbao penalty area and his low drive from six yards found the bottom of the net to level the scoring at 1-1.
The hosts dominated the play and scored their second goal six minutes later. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Leonardo-Ponzio-c22088 played a lovely through ball to Uche in the box, who calmly slotted it in past the goalkeeper, to make it 2-1 for the hosts.
The visitors were stunned by the Zaragoza comeback but they maintained a cool head and did not panic. Bilbao enjoyed good spell of possession and created good openings but they lacked the finishing touch. The hosts hung on to their slender lead and managed
to earn a much needed victory. The win puts them two points clear of relegation strugglers, Sporting Gijon.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Real-Zaragoza-c40344 will face Barcelona in their next fixture on 5th March, while Athletic Bilbao hosts Sevilla on 6th March.
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