US EditionGuruzeta’s late penalty double lifts Athletic Bilbao past Elche in a thriller
- On Friday, Athletic Bilbao's Gorka Guruzeta scored twice in the second half to secure a 2-1 win over Elche at San Mamés Stadium, including a late penalty in the 89th minute.
- The victory completed Athletic's third consecutive league win, and Guruzeta scored a brace for the second time in three games after his Feb. 8 double against Levante.
- Guruzeta's opener came from a low Yuri Berchiche cross, and André Silva converted a retaken penalty after a double touch at San Mamés Stadium on Friday.
- Elche sit 16th in La Liga, just one point above the relegation zone, and have now gone eight games without a win, deepening their relegation struggle.
- Speaking after the match, Guruzeta noted `Little by little things are starting to go our way` and revealed he had missed his only other Athletic penalty.
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The Basques have won three consecutive LaLiga matches and are now one point away from the European "tickets".
Elche was unable to make his visit to Athletic in Bilbao. Despite the hegemony of the locals, the team of the holder Lucas Cepeda of good match could have won a tie. However, a clumsy penal close to the final allowed the victory of the Basques by 2-1, at the beginning of the twenty-fifth date of LaLiga. The team of the Chileans suffered the Basque agobio, at least in the first few minutes. Both due to the speed and pressure of the locals, and du…
Elche and Lucas Cepeda fall against the Athletic. Polemic and criticism for the Chilean for the yellow card received before the break. Bitter Friday for Elche and Lucas Cepeda: the team of the Chilean attacker lost 2-1 against Athletic Club, as a visit by the date 25 of La Liga de España. And the criticism was not good for the former player of Colo Colo. The Athletic took advantage with the goal of Gorka Guruzeta in the 63′s, but Elche equaled t…
Buenos Aires, 20 February (NA) -- The Athletic Club of Bilbao defeated the Elche for 2 to 1 in the match they played this Friday, in the stadium of San Mamés, for the twenty-fifth date of LaLiga, the highest category of Spanish football. According to Agencia Noticias Argentinas, the only scorer of the venue was the attacker Gorkan Guruzeta, who scored a doublet, while for the Elche he had achieved partial equality the striker André Silva. With t…
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