March 12, one of the matches of the 25th round of the Spanish Football Championship was held. Athletic (Bilbao) and Barcelona (Spain) met.
Spain Championship, 25th round
Athletic (Bilbao). - Barcelona (Spain) - 0:1 (0:1)
Goals: Rafinha (45+1)
Warnings: Williams (30), Roberto (76), Oyer Sarraga (87)
In a highly-anticipated La Liga match, Club Athletic hosted Barcelona at the San Mámez Barrià stadium. At halftime, the score was 0-1 in favor of Barcelona, with Rafinha scoring just before the end of the first half. At the start of the second half, Athletic made two quick substitutions in the 64th minute: Raul Garcia was replaced by Iker Muniain and Mikel Vesga by Oyer Zarraga. Four minutes later, Barcelona also made a substitution: Ferran Torres replaced Franck Kessy. As the match progressed, both teams continued to battle on the pitch. On 70 minutes, Athletic made a third substitution: Mikel Balenziaga came on instead of Yuri Bercic. 76 minutes into the match, Barcelona got a yellow card - a warning to Sergi Roberto.
83 minutes into the match, Barcelona made their second substitution: Franky de Jong came on instead of Ansu Fati. A minute later, Barcelona made a third substitution: Rafinha replaced Marc Alonso. In the 84th minute, Athletic made two quick substitutions: Ander Berenguer replaced Gorka Guruzzeta and Oscar de Marcos replaced André Capa. In the final minutes of the match, Athletic thought it had scored when Iñaki Williams found himself in the net. However, the goal was cancelled due to handball. In the 90th minute, Barcelona made the fourth and final substitution of the match: Gavi was replaced by Alejandro Alarcón. As a result, the match ended 0-1 in favor of Barcelona. Despite both teams' hard work, it was Barcelona who took the lead, with Rafinha's goal being the decisive one.
In the next round, the following matches await the opponents: Valladolid - Athletic, Barcelona - Real.
| Athletic | Barcelona | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Goals on goal | 2 |
| 15 | Strokes | 10 |
| 5 | Blocked kicks | 3 |
| 9 | Kicks from the penalty box | 7 |
| 6 | Kicks from behind the penalty box | 3 |
| 13 | Violations | 7 |
| 5 | Corner | 3 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 36% | Ball possession | 64% |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 1 | Saves by goalkeeper | 3 |
| 312 | Total assists | 560 |
| 228 | Accurate passes | 480 |
| 73% | Accuracy of transmissions | 86% |