Kylian Mbappé’s Real Madrid travels to Bilbao this Wednesday evening (9 p.m.) at Athletic Club. In the event of victory, the Merengue would return to one point behind leader Barcelona in the Spanish championship.
Second goal of the Basques, Real is on the ground (83rd)
Valverde tries a small bridge in a dangerous area but misses, the ball recovered high by Guruzeta who goes to the end. Real, having just returned, is once again leading.
Bellingham equalizes (78th)
Real is very happy, Mbappé tries his luck from afar with a nice brushed shot that Agirrezabala pushes away, Bellingham well placed takes it and concludes.
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Tchouaméni to give up his place (76th)
In the tough for his return, Aurélien Tchouaméni gave way to Modric.
Nico Williams’ strike (74th)
Served at the edge of the area on the left, Nico Williams dribbles and tries his luck. His shot is repelled by Rudiger.
Vazquez averti (72e)
Logical yellow card for Lucas Vazquez after a failed intervention, free kick to follow for Bilbao.
Mbappé misses his penalty (68th)!!!!!
The sky is falling on Kylian Mbappé’s head. Penalty taken and saved by the goalkeeper, the Habs missed their run-up and misplaced their shot which Agirrezabala repelled without problem.
Mbappé will take the penalty (67th)
This time, it is Kylian Mbappé who will take charge of the penalty.
The Real bar and penalty (66th)
Real’s free kick and Rudiger’s header takes over Agirrezabala who hits him in the air. The ball ends up on the bar, the referee returns to the foul and signals a penalty for Real.
The scorer gives up his place (63rd)
Berenguer gives way to Guruzeta and Prados to Galaretta.
Rodrygo also in check (62nd)
If even he is not there, it is because Real is doing very badly. Pretty good so far, Rodrygo is held in check by Gorosabel on the left.
Mbappé misses his shot (58th)
First real opportunity for Kylian Mbappé but the Frenchman is losing his means. Rodrygo puts everyone in the wind on the left and serves his scorer in an ideal position full axis, Mbappé crushes his shot and shoots straight at Agirrezabala.
Brahim enters the track (57th)
In need of a solution, Ancelotti brings in a new offensive player. Ceballos gives way to Brahim.
Real concedes a first goal (54th)
Center shot from Inaki Williams who surprises everyone including Courtois who pushes back with difficulty, the ball lands directly on Berenguer who pushes it into the back of the net. Real is not there at all.
Contact in the Real area (52nd)
Big clash between Asencio and Nico Williams, if the Real defender stays on the ground, the referee does not whistle.
We start again on the same bases (49th)
Mbappé can’t do it, Real makes more technical errors, we start on the same basis as in the first half.
Here we go again
Bilbao kicks off this second half.
It’s the break
At the end of this first half, Real Madrid never appeared dangerous like a soporific Mbappé. Bilbao played strong at the start of the game with a few dangerous opportunities, but overall little to get their teeth into in their first 45 minutes.
2 more minutes
The referee announces two more minutes in this first half, which seems interminable…
The outside of Rudiger’s foot (42nd)
Rodrygo on the left makes a difference to center full axis, Rudiger goes up and tries an outside foot. His shot lacks power, Agirrezabala seizes it without problem.
Mbappé resumed (40th)
Positioned in the axis on this offensive, as soon as he changes pace Kylian Mbappé is stopped by Alvarez (40th).
Brahim warms up (37th)
Brahim got up from the bench and is starting to warm up, quick tactical change or physical glitch? For the moment no player seems affected.
Real’s first (real) passing sequence (36th)
Finally Real manages to string together several good passes in the final meters. The action finally ends with a goal kick.
Sterile Real (34th)
We can’t get there in front. Real tries to throw hard in front but cannot find Mbappé. Bilbao’s defense muzzled the French attacker.
Berenguer above (30th)
Everything was there, high interception from Jauregizar who found Inaki Williams full axis, the Bilbao scorer shifted with a Sancet backheel alone against Courtois who struck above.
Bilbao pushes (27th)
The locals are clearly on top during this first period, Nico Williams on the right is blocked at the last minute for a corner by Fran Garcia.
The fault of Tchouaméni (22nd)
The Habs are doing well, Tchouaméni completely missed his intervention on Sancet and did not receive a yellow. Complicated return for the former Monegasque.
Valverde misses the target wide (20th)
What a bad hit… Valverde tries to brush the ball but completely misses the target.
Good free kick for Real (19th)
With his back to goal, nice delivery from Mbappé for Bellingham who engages in a series of dribbles. A profitable choice, the Briton is jostled and obtains a very good free kick.
Offside confirmed (15th)
Lunar. The referee initially left to check an offside on Mbappé’s action but consulted the VAR for a potential penalty on Rodrygo a few seconds before, finally Mr. Sanchez Martinez remained on the offside whistle. We leave it there.
VAR in progress (13th)
The VAR checks if Mbappé is not served by a Bilbao player, in which case the offside would be canceled. The referee will check it himself.
Offside goal by Mbappé (12th)
Mbappé in an offside position recovers a blocked ball behind the defense and adjusts Agirrezabala, the referee whistles for offside.
Mbappé embarks on dribbles (11th)
Good intention from Kylian Mbappé on the left, but as often the former PSG player does too much and loses the ball in the Bilbao area.
Dangerous loss of ball by Tchouaméni (8th)
In the heart of the game, the Tricolore Tchouaméni missed and gave Bilbao a big opportunity. Inaki Williams and Berenguer play the one-two but the last ball control is missed. Real is relaunching.
Real dominated (6th)
Faced with high pressure from the locals, Real has difficulty developing its actions and runs after the ball.
Courtois’ first save (4th)
Asencio’s mistake, the young Meringue takes too much risk and has the ball stolen in his area by Berenguer, the Bilbao scorer serves Nico Williams who strikes. Courtois stretches well to get the ball out.
We are looking for Mbappé (3rd)
Positioned on the left side, Mbappé offers himself in depth and Rudiger wants to serve him. The German defender’s cross ends in touch.
First solid intervention by Asencio (1st)
Bilbao’s first full-axis burst with Berenguer arriving quickly, Asencio does not let himself be fooled and takes the ball back from him physically.
It’s gone
The kick-off is given by Real Madrid in Bilbao.
Athletic on a good series
For 6 matches, Ernesto Valverde’s team has been undefeated (3 wins, 3 draws). The Basque club remains successful this Sunday in Madrid against Rayo Vallecano (2-1). The red and white are 4th in Liga.
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Advanced match
In the advanced match of the 19th day of La Liga, Real Madrid (2nd) travels to the field of Athletic Club Bilbao (4th) with the objective of coming back to within one point of FC Barcelona, leader with two more matches played . The Blaugranas also played this day ahead of the Super Cup already planned for January, the Liga leaders largely won in Mallorca (1-5).
The 11 of Athletic Bilbao
Ernesto Valverde should play his team in 4-2-3-1, the Williams brothers Niko and Inaki will play on the wings, Berenguer at the forefront will be supported by Sancet in the number 10 position.
The Real lineup with Mbappé and Tchouaméni
Injured in his left ankle for a month, Aurélien Tchouaméni, who missed the last meeting of the French team, returns to the pitch this Wednesday (9 p.m.). For this meeting, Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti trusts his stars Jude Bellingham, Rodrygo and Kylian Mbappé, scorer on Sunday in the victory against Getafe (2-0). Tchouaméni is therefore also the starter, unlike his compatriot Ferland Mendy who starts as a substitute. As a reminder, Vinicius, Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao, David Alaba and Eduardo Camavinga are missing due to injuries.
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