Lamine Yamal and Gavi Páez scored to lead Barcelona past Athletic Bilbao 2-0 and into the Spanish Super Cup final.
Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 2-0 on Wednesday to qualify for the Spanish Super Cup final. Gavi, a Barcelona midfielder, scored the opening goal in the 17th minute in the semifinal in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, as the 20-year-old brilliantly finished near the six-yard box after a low pass from the left.
The teenager expertly took in a pass from Gavi on the turn, before burying the chance past Unai Simon at the near post. Athletic Club had the ball in the net twice late on, first through substitute Oscar de Marcos, and then from captain Inaki Williams ...
Lamine Yamal and Gavi scored as Barcelona beat Athletic Club to reach the Spanish Super Cup final. Hansi Flick's side made a flying start to the match, held at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Saudi Arabia,
Goals from Gavi and Lamine Yamal earned Barcelona a 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish Super Cup semi-final in Jeddah on Wednesday to reach their third successive final.
Barcelona booked their place in the Spanish Super Cup final as they eased past Athletic Club at the King Abdullah Sports City, with goals from Gavi (20) and Lamine Yamal (17) sealing a comfortable 2-0 victory over the Basque side.
Athletic had left a not fully fit Nico Williams out of the starting side but the winger was called into action with his side trailing, but their best chance fell to his brother Inaki who pulled his shot wide from a decent position.
Barcelona advanced to their third consecutive Spanish Super Cup final with a commanding 2-0 victory over Athletic Bilbao in Jeddah on Wednesday, thanks
Gavi opened the scoring in the 17th minute and ... volleyed over and then struck a powerful free kick which keeper Unai Simon parried away, but Barca were soon rewarded for their early onslaught.