Asa Bilbao Stares At The European Zone On Hold After Being Subdued By Mallorca 3-2

Photo: Bilbao's Berenguer tries to defend the ball from Mallorca's players (Twitter.com/@AthleticClub)

JAKARTA - Athletic Bilbao had to swallow the bitter reality after playing the match against Real Mallorca in the 24th week of the 2021/2022 Spanish League. Visiting Mallorca headquarters on Tuesday, February 15 in the morning WIB, Bilbao actually lost three points.

The defeat made Bilbao's hope to see the European zone be held for a while. Because in that meeting they went home with a 2-3 defeat of the hosts.

Appearing at the Iberostar Stadium, Mallorca as the host was able to show their dominance in front of Bilbao. This can be seen from Mallorca's superior record throughout the first half.

In the early stages, Mallorca successfully recorded two goals against Bilbao. Where the opening goal was created from the execution of a penalty taken by Salva Sevilla when the match was running 22 minutes. While the host's second goal was contributed by Angel Rodriguez in the 30th minute.

Mallorca's two goals in the first half made it clear that Bilbao's troops were desperate to catch up in the second half. With a distance of two goals, Marcelino Garcia Toral's troops had to appear with a full score.

Luckily their efforts then paid off and could immediately equalize. The score changed to 2-2 after the action of Raul Garcia in the 59th minute and Alejandro Berenguer in the 61st minute failed to be caught by the Mallorca goalkeeper.

Even though it was a draw, in fact luck was still reluctant to side with Bilbao. Because five minutes before the dispersal the nightmare actually came for the visitors. At that moment Takafusa Kubo's hard kick from inside the penalty box hit Unai Simon's body, Mallorca again managed to change the score to 3-2 which was also the closing figure for the match this morning.

With the defeat, Bilbao's hopes to look at Erspaopa had to be delayed. Not only that, the defeat at Mallorca also marked the end of Bilbao's five-match unbeaten run.

After returning empty-handed, now Los Leones are still stuck in 8th position in the standings with a collection of 34 points. Nearby, they will meet city rivals Real Sociedad in the Basque derby next weekend.