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Valencia Defeats Athletic Club in a Hard-Fought Match at Mestalla
Valencia, Spain – Valencia secured an important home victory against Athletic Club with a final score of 2 to 0 in a match marked by intensity and key moments. The encounter, corresponding to the fifth matchday of La Liga, took place at the Estadio de Mestalla under the watchful eye of referee Miguel Angel Ortiz Arias.
Athletic Club suffered a setback in the first half when R. Navarro received a yellow card in the 20th minute. The situation worsened in the 57th minute when D. Vivian received a red card, leaving the Basque team with ten men. Valencia, on the other hand, received a yellow card to L. Rioja in the 59th minute.
Despite being a man down, Athletic Club maintained their composure for a while, but Valencia’s pressure eventually paid off. B. Santamaria opened the scoring for Valencia in the 73rd minute with a goal from an assist by J. Guerra. In the final minutes, H. Duro sealed the match in the 90th minute, taking advantage of an assist from B. Santamaria to secure Valencia’s victory.
Regarding statistics, Athletic Club dominated ball possession with 56% compared to Valencia’s 44%. Both teams took 11 shots, although Valencia showed greater effectiveness by sending 5 of them on target compared to Athletic Club’s 5. Athletic Club had 6 corner kicks, while Valencia had 5. Valencia committed 11 fouls and received one yellow card, while Athletic Club committed 6 fouls, received one yellow card, and one red card.
Substitutions valencia: at minute 64 D. Raba came in and L. Ramazani went out., at minute 71 L. Rioja came in and H. Duro went out., at minute 71 D. Lopez came in and L. Beltran went out., at minute 71 J. Gaya came in and J. Vazquez went out., at minute 80 A. Danjuma came in and A. Almeida went out.
Substitutions athletic club: at minute 64 A. Berenguer came in and A. Laporte went out., at minute 68 R. Navarro came in and U. Gomez went out., at minute 68 I. Ruiz de Galarreta came in and M. Vesga went out., at minute 68 O. Sancet came in and M. Sannadi went out., at minute 81 M. Jauregizar came in and A. Rego went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Valencia
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Athletic Club
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