Aritz Aduriz’s late stunning scissor kick gave Athletic Bilbao an opening-day 1-0 win over Barcelona in La Liga.
Last year’s league champions were stunned by the late goal from the 38-year-old, which condemned them to defeat in their opening game for the first time since 2008, having already had to deal with the absence of Lionel Messi and first-half loss of Luis Suarez to a calf injury. The visitors had twice struck the woodwork before half-time when Suarez fired against the post after intercepting a backpass and his replacement, Rafinha, later forced Simon to tip his rising effort onto the crossbar. Athletic were worthy of the point they looked like they would pick up with Inaki Williams twice testing Marc-Andre ter Stegen, before Aduriz scored one of the goals of his career to give the Basque side a first league win over Barca since 2013.
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