To finish the 24th day of La Liga, Athletic Bilbao traveled to the pitch of the red lantern Almeria this Monday evening. In a great dynamic, the Basques surely imagined themselves leaving with the three points quite easily. In the end, the imaginable walk in the park did not take place for the visitors.
General league table
|
#
|
Team
|
Pts
|
J
|
DIF
|
G
|
NOT
|
D
|
BP
|
B.C.
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
|
61 |
24 |
37 |
19 |
4 |
1 |
52 |
15 |
|
2 |
|
56 |
24 |
23 |
17 |
5 |
2 |
52 |
29 |
|
3 |
|
51 |
24 |
17 |
15 |
6 |
3 |
50 |
33 |
|
4 |
|
48 |
24 |
19 |
15 |
3 |
6 |
45 |
26 |
|
5 |
|
46 |
24 |
21 |
13 |
7 |
4 |
42 |
21 |
|
6 |
|
38 |
24 |
3 |
9 |
11 |
4 |
28 |
25 |
|
7 |
|
37 |
24 |
10 |
9 |
10 |
5 |
32 |
22 |
|
8 |
|
35 |
24 |
5 |
10 |
5 |
9 |
25 |
20 |
See the full ranking
Indeed, with extensive control of the ball, Bilbao came up against sterile possession and a united opposing defense. And even the expulsion of Largie Ramazani at the start of the second half (53rd) did not change the situation for the very valiant locals. With this frustrating draw, Ernesto Valverde’s gang misses the opportunity to climb to fourth place. Almeria collects its seventh point of the season but remains bottom.
