Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Real Madrid
Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Real Madrid: Llorente And Iraizoz Frustrate Merengues
An early goal from Fernando Llorente proved too much for the visitors…
Athletic Bilbao took an early lead against Real Madrid and held on, to earn their first win against Los Merengues at the San Mames in five years.
Job well done by Athletic Bilbao. They came out quick out of the gate against a Real Madrid side who didn’t know what hit them. Fernando Llorente didn’t do his Spain chances any harm but scoring the early and what ended up being the winning goal.
You are shaking your head right now if you are Real Madrid over this game. With all that firepower out there and with all their possession nothing seemed to work and they couldn’t break down a very solid Athletic Bilbao backline.
It only took one game for Real Madrid to end up feeling the loss of Gonzalo Higuain out there. Despite Karim Benzema best efforts, when he did beat the Bilbao defense, he couldn’t beat the wood work.