Athletic Bilbao v Rangers: Anatomy, statistics and inspection

The match inspection for Athletic Bilbao V Rangers

The wonderful Rangers work in IBrox last week means that they are still in a tie against Athletic Bilbao.

After he was reduced to 10 men after Robin Bruce dismissed in the 13th minute for a weak challenge on Inaki Williams, Rangers set up the Basque in the Gulf for the rest of the Goalleess meeting, partly due to a wonderful offer from goalkeeper Liam Kelly.

Kelly distinguished all the time after it was chosen before Jack Putland with his crowning moment, a late penalty kick from Alex Burning.

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Rangersfc Club (Rangersfc) April 15, 2025

Rangers showed their design again on the weekend in a 2-2 draw in Aberdeen. The red card of Ross McCokland five minutes before placing it on the back foot and it appears that the game went when Aberdeen moved after four minutes. But the goals in the second half of Hamza Agaman and Ianis Haji saw them demanding a 2-2 draw and delaying the title party for the bowls Celtic.

Athletic has faced few of these problems in recent weeks, and won fourth in the Spanish league by beating 3-1 against Rayo Vallecano at the weekend.

The Ernesto Valverde team has lost only one of the last 22 league matches and it seems a confirmed bet for football in the Champions League next season.

The former sports winger IBAI Gomez does not see Rangers causing a lot of threat in Saint Mames – the European League final for this year.

He said: “Athletic must approach the match with Rangers with the utmost confidence.

“This is a team with players who have great confidence and raised their weight from their shoulders last year by winning the Del Rey Cup.

“We forget the fact that the final will be in Saint -MS – has nothing to do with it. This can help on the final day, but until we get there, it is simply an additional motivation. It can actually be a burden because people do not appreciate the difficulty of reaching the final.

“Rangers will be a very difficult team.

“In the first stage, they showed that they are defending a very good penalty area and very effective anti -dates. Athletic plays a team that will not be afraid. We face a very difficult tie, but I hope and trust that San Mames will be decisive.”