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Barca 0-1 Bilbao —late goal from Aritz Aduriz's scissors kick
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| Aritz Aduriz celebrates his stunning late winner over Barcelona |
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.
Real 3-1 Celta Vigo
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| Gareth Bale played 75 minutes in Real Madrid's 3-1 win at Celta Vigo |
Gareth Bale continued his swift change in fortunes at Real Madrid by starting his side's first game of the season at Celta Vigo - and inspiring Zinedine Zidane's men to a 3-1 win.
The Welshman looked set to leave the Bernabeu after being effectively told he had no future in pre-season, and came close to landing a lucrative move to China.
But Bale was surprisingly preferred over Lucas Vazquez for Real’s trip to the Balaidos, and responded by setting up the opening goal for team-mate Karim Benzema.
Real rode their luck in the early stages and had Luka Modric sent off in the 54th minute, but goals from Toni Kroos and substitute Vazquez wrapped up victory before Sebastian Losada's late consolation.
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