BARCELONA - Barcelona managed to record four consecutive wins in all competitions. The latest victim is Athletic Bilbao, who were thrashed 2-1 in the 20th Jordan LaLiga 2020/2021 season at the Camp Nou. As a result, El Azulgrana rose to second place in the standings.
At the home game, coach Ronald Koeman fielded his best squad. Lionel Messi and Antonio Griezmann were on the front lines accompanied by Ousmane Dembele. The strategy proved right. Barcelona can play quite aggressively and create a number of opportunities. Messi and Griezmann managed to break into Bilbao's goal.
It's just that, the host almost missed the advantage. Messi can open Barcelona's advantage in the 20th minute. However, in the 49th minute Jordi Alba scored his own goal to level the score at 1-1. Luckily, Griezmann was able to ensure the full points for Barcelona in the 74th minute.
The victory over Bilbao is clearly very important for Barcelona. Because after all this time, finally Barcelona is now in second place in the 2020/2021 LaLiga standings.
Thanks to three points from Bilbao, Barcelona successfully displaced Real Madrid, which had been runner-up temporarily for quite a while. Although superior to Madrid, Barcelona's points with El Real are actually 20 points.