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2015-08-17 - FC Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao
A Sports Betting Pick by Cruiser
Football: Spanish Super Cup
17th August 2015 – Kickoff time 22:00
The first leg ended 4-0 which was a surprise because Athletic Bilbao gave Barcelona a football lesson in that match.
Barcelona will not want to give up especially as this return leg is at the Nou Camp. Barca did win the European Super Cup 5-4 over Seville, while Athletic passed the Europa League but they did not played that well. Barcelona have actually won their last five meetings played at Nou Camp. Now it waits to be seen if they can come back from such a deficit to win the trophy?
Barcelona have not been beaten 4-0 in a very long time. Against Athletic Bilbao, despite the presence of Messi and Suarez their attack failed them completely. They were obviously missing the contribution of Neymar who is out injured. Vermaelen and Bartra saw their presence felt in defence but Dani Alves had a poor game.
It was obvious that Coach Enrique's decision to rest the likes of Busquets, Iniesta and Rakitic did not go according to plan. Now you can expect to see them start this match and they need to score a lot of goals if they are to achieve the impossible.
Meanwhile Athletic Bilbao showed they can come up with a surprise as not even their fans expected such a result in the first leg. They also managed to restrict Barcelona's attack to just a few chances. They did well even without the likes of Muniain, Williams, Iturraspe, M.Rico and Ibai Gomez. They have a huge advantage now but they will know the game is not over yet.
The Betting Verdict
Go for Barcelona to win and give the 2 1/4 ball here.
The Pick :
Barcelona 3-0 Athletic Bilbao
