The first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-finals, As the la Liga giants nemesis of Bilbao Athletic team against valencia team worth up to 290 million euros, before this game, the outside world was once optimistic that Valencia can win the opponent, after all, from the overall strength and fame, although Valencia has been depressed in recent seasons, but in any case, their strength is still very rich, compared with Athletic Bilbao, Valencia is still better, but what never expected is that in this battle, Bilbao Athletic team continued the momentum of defeating Barca and Real Madrid, and the game broke out again, fortunately, in the end Valencia in the case of backwardness, took back a city , drew 1-1 with Athletic Bilbao.
A brief review of the game, the two teams are very even in the opening stage, in terms of possession and organization, both teams played very glue, but after the game time was advanced, the home team of Athletic Bilbao began to take the lead in the game, the possession rate accounted for 56 percent, while Valencia's possession rate was only 44 percent, from this point of view, the gap between the two teams seems to be very small, but it is clear that the Bilbao Athletic team has a stronger desire to win and occupies a clear upper hand.
In terms of offensive shots, Athletic Bilbao is also more powerful, creating a 12-6 shooting data, that is, Athletic Bilbao has a full 12 feet, and Valencia is very passive, only 6 shots, from this point of view, for the final desire, Athletic Bilbao is still more intense, and all the way to the semifinals, Athletic Bilbao is more experienced, eliminating two giants in a row, but also has a strong psychological advantage.
In the first half, the two were very even at the beginning, and they were slow to achieve results in the case of each other's attack and defense, until the 37th minute of the game, the first goal of the game appeared, Garcia scored a goal, helping Athletic Bilbao to take the lead to achieve 1-0 consecutive, after a one-goal lead, Athletic Bilbao did not take advantage of the chase, but played steadily, in the 45th minute of the game, Valencia worse, Gomez was sent off by a red card, so that they played 1 less and fell behind by one goal.
The leading Athletic Bilbao team originally had a great chance to win, but in the second half of the easy side, athletic Bilbao began to relax, Valencia seized a chance to score a goal in the 66th minute of the game, Douro Jiangong, helped the team to equalize 1-1, after the two sides drew, Athletic Bilbao frantically counterattacked, but under Valencia's defense, they also broke the goal and finally had no choice but to accept a 1-1 draw.
However, despite this, from the perspective of the situation, Athletic Bilbao is still stronger, and the second leg is again contested, and Athletic Bilbao, who has a wealth of experience in the Copa del Rey, is bound to laugh to the end, and Valencia, which has shown sporadic signs of recovery this season, may not be able to escape.