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Athletic leaves Camp Nou empty-handed (2-0)

Edin Terzic's team has suffered their second defeat in two days, losing today to Barcelona. Raphinha and Fermin have been the scorers, although Unai Simon has done a great job on the bilbaine side.

Sancet intenta proteger el balón ante Rodri

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2026/08/27 - 23:34

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2026/08/27 - 23:34

The Athletic Club lost 2-0 to Barcelona in the match played at Camp Nou on the 1st day of the League. The Bilbaíno team showed up in the Catalan capital after losing on Saturday to Seville in San Mamés and was unable to turn around the bad taste of mouth of its premiere in Liga.

And that Edin Terzic has presented five new developments compared to Saturday's eleven against Seville, so that Rincon, Laporte, Johaneko, Jauregizar and Nico Williams have jumped into the field to the detriment of Amitchell, Paredes, the sanctioned Yuri and Berenguer .

Both teams have tried to put the defensive lines very high so they can put a lot of pressure on them, which has made them play in the middle of the field for very little space.

Barcelona had the clearest opportunities in the first half, and Raphinha 's header hit Unai Simon's post in the 24th minute. Earlier, Lamine Yamal 's Albiazul goalkeeper pulled out a header and Pedri also saw a goal overturned by Yamal 's own offside in the play that took place minutes later.

The clearest opportunity for the red-whites was a cross shot fromthe young Johan who debuted today in the 37th minute. The goal of Barça arrived a minute later, when Pedri connected with Raphinha to leave the Brazilian alone in front of Unai Simon.

Before the break, Unai Simon saved the second of the locals against Lamine Yamal .

The second half has started like the first, with dangerous arrivals from Barça, but Gordon, with a left-handed shot that has gone up, and Lamine Yamal, who has thrown the ball into the longline, have not been able to increase their advantage.

Terzic has decided to give entry to players like Robert Navarro, Adama Boiro, Gerenabarrena and Berenguer and Athletic has gained the strength they needed, so that in the 74 minute Sancet was about to match the score with a shot that hit Joan Garcia's post.

In Barcelona the entrance of Adeyemi in the second half was key. In the 81 minute he put a center , Laporte did not clear well and left the second goal on a tray to Fermín.

In the 87 minute Unai Simon prevented the third goal of the locals with a big stop to an Adeyemi auction. The Athletic goalkeeper did a great job, leaving talented actions throughout the game.