Lewandowski leads Barcelona to a hard-fought win over Bilbao
Barcelona achieved a 2-1 victory against Athletic Bilbao, on Saturday evening, in the second round of La Liga, at the Blaugrana's home stadium, the "Luis Companys Olympic Stadium".
With this victory, Barcelona raised its score to 6 points in second place in the La Liga standings, while Athletic Bilbao is in fifteenth place with only one point.
Barcelona's first response came in the 11th minute, with a shot from Ferran Torres from the edge of the penalty area, but it passed without any danger to Bilbao's goal.
Lamine Yamal managed to score Barcelona's first goal in the 24th minute, as he received the ball on the edge of the penalty area, and fired a rocket that hit Liqui's head before entering goalkeeper Badia's net.
Nico Williams tried to equalize for Bilbao, with a shot from outside the area, but it passed over Ter Stegen's goal in the 26th minute.
The 39th minute witnessed a strange situation, as players from both teams called for penalties in favor of Berenguer and Lewandowski, respectively.
The match referee Gil Manzano returned to the video technology and reviewed Berenguer's fall after a violent challenge from Pau Coparsi, to award a penalty kick to the Basque team.
Sanset successfully executed the penalty kick and scored the equalizer for Bilbao in the 42nd minute.
The first half ended in a 1-1 draw.
At the beginning of the second half, Ferran Torres almost added a second goal for Barcelona, as he received the deep ball and ran and tried to shoot a ball that fell over goalkeeper Badia, who touched it with his fingertips, before the referee flagged for offside in the 53rd minute.
The post denied Lewandowski from scoring a second goal in the 56th minute, with a shot from inside the area, as he was alone in front of the goal.
The 39th minute witnessed a strange situation, as players from both teams called for penalties in favor of Berenguer and Lewandowski, respectively.
The match referee Gil Manzano returned to the video technology and reviewed Berenguer's fall after a violent challenge from Pau Coparsi, to award a penalty kick to the Basque team.
Sanset successfully executed the penalty kick and scored the equalizer for Bilbao in the 42nd minute.
The first half ended in a 1-1 draw.
At the beginning of the second half, Ferran Torres almost added a second goal for Barcelona, as he received the deep ball and ran and tried to shoot a ball that fell over goalkeeper Badia, who touched it with his fingertips, before the referee flagged for offside in the 53rd minute.
The post denied Lewandowski from scoring a second goal in the 56th minute, with a shot from inside the area, as he was alone in front of the goal.
Lewandowski received a cross inside the area, rose and headed it into the side netting in the 71st minute.
Lewandowski succeeded in adding a second goal in the 75th minute, as Pedri ran on the right side of the penalty area and passed a cross that goalkeeper Badia cleared to reach the Pole, who shot directly into the empty net.
