In the early morning of January 14, Beijing time, the 2021 Spanish Super Cup continued at the King Fahd Stadium, and today the second semi-final was played, by Atletico Madrid against defending champion Athletic Bilbao. In last year's Western Super League, Athletic Bilbao eliminated Real Madrid 2:1 in the semi-finals, and defeated Barca in extra time to win the championship in the final, while Atletico Madrid did not participate last year.
Both sides basically sent the strongest today, and after the opening, they began to attack, and in the 3rd minute, atletico moved widely from the left side of the field to the right, Correa did the ball with his back in the penalty area, and the follow-up Felix blasted a kick slightly above the crossbar. In the 11th minute, Bilbao launched an attack on the right side, Berenguer's forward side of the penalty area cleverly picked up a cross, Williams stepped in to get a close-range half-knife opportunity, he directly volleyed, and goalkeeper Oblak bravely blocked the ball. Both sides had chances in the first half but were unable to score a 0-0 draw at halftime.
In the 54th minute, Carrasco's ultra-close tackle from the corner of the penalty area went just over the crossbar. In the 62nd minute, Atletico's left corner opportunity, Lemar took an arc of the ball to the back point, the new C Rom felix jumped high to attack the goal, the ball hit the ground and bounced to the far end of the goal, the duang ball was ejected by the goalpost, but coincidentally, the ball just bounced behind goalkeeper Simond and bounced into the net, Atletico broke the deadlock 1:0.
The sporting chances were difficult to grasp, and the set-pieces on both sides began to compete, and in the 64th minute, Bilbao's free kick on the right side of the field was saved by Martinez's super close-range headpiece that was bravely saved by Oblak. In the 77th minute, Bilbao had a corner kick opportunity on the right side, this time Muña was sent to the front point, Alvarez grabbed a powerful head hammer to attack the goal, the ball went straight into the bottom left corner of the goal, and Athletic Bilbao equalized 1-1.
Just 3 minutes later, Athletic Bilbao was still pressed on the right, Williams entered the penalty area from a small angle and close-range shot was saved by Oblak, and then Bilbao was a corner kick opportunity on the right, Muña was awarded to the penalty point this time, Garcia grabbed the nodding hammer to block the goal by Jimenez, Williams grabbed the second drop point volley, the ball was answered into the net, Andy Bilbao scored 2 goals in 4 minutes 2:1 to overtake the score.
Atletico, who conceded 2 goals in a row, looked very impetuous, and both sides were angry, and the referee, who had not paid a card before, made 4 yellows and 1 red in the last 10 minutes, and after VAR confirmation, Jimenez left the field in the last minute of stoppage time. In the end, Atletico failed to tie the score again, and Bilbao eliminated Atletico 2:1 to advance to the final of the Western Super Cup for two consecutive years. They will also meet Real Madrid in the Western Super League Cup for two consecutive years, this time the two teams will meet in the final to decide where the final champions belong.