Athletic Club 3-0 Sporting Gijón: result and report
La Liga · Sunday 14 December 2008
Result
Athletic Club 3-0 Sporting Gijón
La Liga · Sunday 14 December 2008, 16:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Athletic Club 3-0 Sporting Gijón: match report
Athletic Club defeated Sporting Gijón 3-0 in La Liga on Sunday 14 December 2008. The half-time score was 3-0.
Fernando Llorente opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Athletic Club's goals came from Fernando Llorente (5', penalty), Andoni Iraola (23') and David López (32'). Sporting Gijón did not score.
Discipline: Athletic Club received 1 yellow card; Sporting Gijón received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Athletic Club were 16th on 13 points from 14 and Sporting Gijón 12th on 18 points from 14. Athletic Club went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Sporting Gijón 16th with 43.
Athletic Club lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sporting Gijón in a 4-5-1.
Going into the match Athletic Club's last five read D-W-L-W-D and Sporting Gijón's L-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 5'Penalty goal · Fernando Llorente
- 23'Goal · Andoni Iraola
- 32'Goal · David López
- 34'Yellow card · Carmelo
- 36'Yellow card · Javi Martínez
- 38'Yellow card · Sastre
- 87'Yellow card · Gerard
Team news
Athletic Club line-up (4-4-2)
Gorka Iraizoz Moreno, Fernando Amorebieta, Aitor Ocio, Mikel Balenziaga, David Lopez, Susaeta, Javi Martínez, Ion Vélez, Fernando Llorente, Francisco Yeste, Andoni Iraola
Sporting Gijón line-up (4-5-1)
Iván Cuéllar, Pedro, Iván Hernández, Roberto Canella, Gerard, Sastre, Carmelo, Matabuena, Lora, Luis Morán, David Barral