A match in the fourth round of La Liga started, with Athletic Bilbao facing Alaves at home. Athletic Bilbao started the season perfectly, winning the first three league games, first narrowly defeating Sevilla 3-2, then defeating Vallecano 1-0, and then defeating Real Betis 2-1 away. In 3 games, Athletic Bilbao only beat the opponent by 1 goal, which is very difficult. This time, Athletic Bilbao faces Alaves, who is relatively weak. Unexpectedly, Athletic Bilbao lost the game in an upset and the three consecutive victories ended.
Athletic Bilbao ranked 4231 formation in this game. The top of the Guruze Tower is in the front. The offensive combination of Alles Berenger, Sanchett and Williams jointly attacked. Degalaretta and Joregisar form a double midfielder. Areso, Vivian, Paredes and Belchiche started the game with four defenders. Unai Simon serves as the starting goalkeeper. Athletic Bilbao's starting lineup is worth 229 million euros. Alaves's starting lineup is only 44.1 million euros.
Athletic Bilbao played more proactively after the start of the game. Alaves seeks stability and focuses on defense. Facing Alaves' intensive defense. Athletic Bilbao has no good idea. Guruzeta, Williams and Joregisar all had poor quality shots. At the end of the half, the score is still 0-0! Athletic Bilbao had a ball possession rate of 62% in the first half, with 6 shots and 1 shot on the right hand, but failed to score. Alaves only had one shot in the first half and failed to score.
After the second half, Alaves made a very radical substitution adjustment, and three players were replaced at once. Lucas Boye, Denis Suarez and Tony Martinez came on as substitutes. In the 49th minute, Tenalia made a foul and was shown a yellow card. In the 57th minute, Athletic Bilbao lost the goal! Alex Berenger stretched out his foot to block the opponent's cross, but the ball was blocked and changed direction and drilled into the goal! This own goal is amazing! Athletic Bilbao fell down with a bang! After that, Athletic Bilbao continued to make substitution adjustments, but none of them were able to bring in goals. In the end, Athletic Bilbao lost 0-1 to Alaves, making a big upset!
Athletic Bilbao's possession rate was 58%, with 12 shots and 0 goals in this game. Alaves only had 4 shots, but he didn't score, and his opponent helped him score. Athletic Bilbao's winning streak ended, and he suffered his first defeat in the season. At this point, only one team left in La Liga maintained a complete victory, that is, Real Madrid: 4 consecutive victories!
