Second half goals help Athletic Bilbao cruise past Sevilla: La Liga Match Update
Athletic Bilbao beat Sevilla 2-0 in a La Liga encounter at the San Mames on Sunday evening. Late goals in the second half help the Los Leones move to the fifth spot on the league table.
Joaquin Caparros made the bulk of changes to his side that lost 2-1 to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mouhamadou-Dabo-c26889 was replaced by Martin Cacares in the defence for the visitors.
The game started with the hosts enjoying the majority of possession. Bilbao came close of scoring in the sixth minute, Llorente rose highest to head for goal but http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Álvaro-Negredo-c5294 picked up a knock and had to be replaced by Frederic Kanoute.
The hosts were denied another chance of scoring, when Llorente’s glancing header was destined for the bottom corner but Varas produced a brilliant save to clear the ball to safety.
Sevilla’s only chance of the game came when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Oscar-c28720 de Marcos.
Sevilla should have scored in the 49th minute when Jesus Navas sent a perfectly weighted cross to Kanoute but the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Federico-Fazio-c13463 tried to make a defensive clearance but only managed to divert it into his own goal. Athletic Bilbao took a deserved lead as they were clearly the better of the two sides.
Couple of minutes later, the hosts should have doubled their advantage when Marcos played a lovely one-two with Llorente before his powerful strike was nicely parried away by Varas. Sevilla kept mounting the pressure on the hosts, as Kanoute’s brilliant header was palmed away to safety by Gorka Irazoiz.
Just before the full time whistle, Bilbao were awarded a penalty when Julien Escude slid Marcos down in the box. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andoni-Iraola-c5593 smashed the spot kick into the back of the net to make it 2-0 for the hosts.
The hosts marched on to their 13th victory of the season and move nine points adrift of fourth placed Villarreal.
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