#He really is nice to Guillermo in season 01

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After feeling under appreciated (look what that glitter portrait did to him):

I love this guy. Like, we tend to think s01 Guillermo was pathetic but he was his petty, dangerous self from the beginning. He didn't even thought about quitting, just went straight up to murder adsfdgdgfhh

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Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Barcelona: La Liga opener – as it happened | Football

10.44pm BST 22:44

The match report is in so I’ll say goodbye. Aritz Aduriz was on the pitch for a total of three minutes. He had two touches and one shot, and with it produced the goal of a lifetime. What a hero. Goodnight and thanks for joining. It’s been a pleasure. I’ll leave you with this …

ITV Football (@itvfootball)

@LaLiga is back and with a bang!

38-year-old Aritz Aduriz scored a stunning overhead kick to help @AthleticClub beat @FCBarcelona #LaLiga #LaLigaSantander pic.twitter.com/sbP8DDiSDX

August 16, 2019

Updated at 11.10pm BST

10.41pm BST 22:41

What now for Barcelona? Messi is still injured. Suarez is likely to be joining him on the sidelines. Coutinho is going on loan to Bayern. Griezmann started very slowly. And Dembele still flatters to deceive. De Jong looked good and his revolving midfield partnership with Rakitic in the second half showed real sigs of promise. But Real Madrid and Atletico will be licking their lips now.

10.30pm BST 22:30

Pictures of Aduriz’s stunning volley have been painfully slow to emerge, but I have unearthed an image from Euro 2016 to give you an idea of his body shape. The result was not the same, but the execution similar …

Spain’s Aritz Aduriz lets fly with an overhead kick against Czech Republic in the Euro 2016 Group D match. Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AP

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Simon McMahon didn’t think this would happen, no one did. “Evening Rob,” he wrote midway through the second half. “All things considered, I think Athletic Bilbao will probably be happy with a point. We can’t all be like Dundee United and beat the Catalans every time we play now, can we?”

10.14pm BST 22:14

Back to San Mames and the place is rocking. It wasn’t the greatest game and Barcelona looked the most likely winners but only one side had their brilliant talisman to call on. Lionel Messi could not have produced anything better than the sublime scissor-kick Aritz Aduriz unleashed after launching his 38-year-old frame high into the air in the 88th minute. The first goal of the season in La Liga might just turn out to be the best. The champions start with a defeat. The hero of Bilbao has cemented his legend for ever more. Let me know your thoughts.

Updated at 10.16pm BST

10.08pm BST 22:08

Bayern have also stuttered on day one in the Bundesliga. Can Coutinho save them? Andy Lynam has an update via email. “Despite Lewandowski’s VAR-assisted pen on 60 to save the game for Bayern, their inability to get the winner will give much succour to BVB and Leipzig,” he reports. “They should have had the game sewn up midway through the first half but Hertha’s double-strike before half-time really rattled them. Bayern dominated and are clearly stuffed with talent, but the game showed that their confidence is surprisingly fragile. Let’s see what Coutinho can add.”

10.03pm BST 22:03

I’m already looking forward to Sid’s column on Monday …

Sid Lowe (@sidlowe)

You’re 38. You’re in your last ever season. You’ve only got two minutes. And you’re up against Barça.

And?

August 16, 2019

Sid Lowe (@sidlowe)

Woof, woof and woof again

August 16, 2019

Updated at 10.03pm BST

9.59pm BST 21:59

Sid Lowe wrote this on Aritz Aduriz in 2016. He shows no sign of letting up.

Aritz Aduriz proving some things get better with age at Athletic Bilbao | Sid Lowe

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That was an incredible finish to the game and provides a wonderful start to the season. This will be Aduriz’s final season. He is 38 years old and a legend at this club. But never can he have scored a better goal than that. Shades of Rooney’s legendary strike against City.

9.53pm BST 21:53

FINAL SCORE! Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Barcelona

Athletic shock the champions on the opening day.

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Capa is played into space down the right. The ball is bouncing but he caresses it first time into the centre. Aduriz, on the pitch for less than a minute, rises and unleashes a sensational bicycle kick. The ball arrows past Ter Stegen in a flash. What a goal. Simply stunning.

9.48pm BST 21:48

GOAL! Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Barcelona (Aduriz, 88 min)

That is a stunning overhead kick winner.

Athletic Bilbao’s Aritz Aduriz scores. Photograph: Javier Zorrilla/EPA

Athletic Bilbao’s Aritz Aduriz celebrates scoring their first goal. Photograph: Vincent West/Reuters

Barcelona’s Antoine Griezmann looks dejected. Photograph: Vincent West/Reuters

Updated at 11.33pm BST

9.47pm BST 21:47

87 min: De Jong snuffs out the danger coolly when Capa escapes briefly down the right. Aduriz comes on for Williams. The crowd roar the veteran’s introduction. Can be be the difference maker?

9.45pm BST 21:45

85 min: The De Jong-Rakitic axis is working smoothly, maybe a sign of things to come over the season. But the cutting edge is lacking.

9.43pm BST 21:43

84 min: The Dembele-Alba combination releases the flying left-back into space. He pulls the ball back but Griezmann’s shot is blocked. The corner is recycled to Rafinha to cross but Griezmann’s tame header floats over.

9.40pm BST 21:40

Here is the full story on Coutinho to Bayern. Might they reconsider after this …

Barcelona’s Philippe Coutinho set for season-long loan to Bayern Munich

Updated at 9.41pm BST

9.39pm BST 21:39

80 min: Rafinha dribbles inside the box, waltzes past a couple of defenders and unleashes a shot but still Barcelona cannot breach the home defence.

9.36pm BST 21:36

76 min: Dembele comes inside and plays Alba into the space he has vacated on the left. Athletic clear. Barcelona bring on Carles Pérez for Sergi Roberto. Perez is a 21-year-old right winger who has only played 17 minutes of first-team football for Barcelona.

9.34pm BST 21:34

74 min: Barca are camped in the Athletic half. The hosts cannot get out.

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70 min: More Barca probing almost gives Griezmann his first sight of goal. Athletic get a foot in but the ball breaks to Rakitic. It’s a chance inside the box but he lashes over wastefully. The pressure is building.

Antoine Griezmann of FC Barcelona competes for the ball with Unai Lopez of Athletic Club. Photograph: Juan Manuel Serrano Arce/Getty Images

Updated at 9.33pm BST

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68 min: Alba, Dembele and Rafinha combine nicely down the left but Athletic snuff them out. They hunt in packs, and make it very tough to break through.

Updated at 9.28pm BST

9.26pm BST 21:26

66 min: De Marcos is off and Oihan Sancet is on. The crowd go wild. They love a young player and clearly have high hopes for the 19-year-old midfielder.

9.24pm BST 21:24

Not everybody is impressed with Coutinho’s imminent move to Bayern. “Klopp said to Coutinho: ‘Stay here and they will end up building a statue in your honour, leave and you’ll just be another player,’ emails Mike65ie. “He was right.”

Updated at 9.26pm BST

9.21pm BST 21:21

61 min: The resultant free-kick involves a back-heel and a wild slash and troubles nobody.

9.20pm BST 21:20

60 min: Pique is booked for a swinging arm into Raul Garcia’s face. The Barca man is incensed. It’s the first yellow of the game.

9.19pm BST 21:19

59 min: Barca win a free-kick 45 yards from goal. Dembele drifts it in and when it is headed out Rafinha lashes a first-time volley well wide.

9.18pm BST 21:18

58 min: De Jong is dropping between the centre-backs to start attacks from deep, in the style of Busquets. It has injected a bit of tempo into Barcelona’s play.

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57 min: A huge punt forward from goal sends Williams clear of Lenglet. The angle is not great and the rapid forward’s effort is weak.

9.14pm BST 21:14

54 min: Lopez fires in a long ranger. It’s smartly hit but always going over. The action is hotting up.

9.13pm BST 21:13

53 min: This time Dembele creates something. A clever ball nutemgs his marker and allows Rafinha a sight of goal. The substitute drives towards the near post but it’s deflected wide off Nunez.

9.11pm BST 21:11

51 min: Pique pumps a very un-Barcelona like long ball forward. It’s cleared but comes to Demebele on the left. A couple of nice shimmies buy him space but again he plays a nothing ball.

9.09pm BST 21:09

49 min: Alba was exposed defensively a couple of times in the first half but a typical burst down the left wins a corner. Rakitic darts on to Dembele’s inswinging delivery but his flicked header has too much on it and drifts over the bar.

9.07pm BST 21:07

47 min: Rakitic has immediately started to dictate play, rolling the ball under his studs like his fellow Croatian Prosinecki used to, and playing probing first time passes into the front men.

Updated at 9.07pm BST

9.05pm BST 21:05

Peep! Peep! The second half begins with a nice turn from De Jong and Dembele giving the ball away.

9.04pm BST 21:04

Rakitic is coming on for Alena. Barcelona need to get hold of midfield.

9.01pm BST 21:01

Coutinho to Bayern Munich is on! The Barcelona director Guillermo Amor has confirmed a deal is close. “We can confirm that there is an agreement in principle for the loan of Coutinho to Bayern,” he said before tonight’s match. “We just have to finalise the deal.”

The European transfer window is open until Monday. Follow all the deals across Europe’s top five leagues with our brilliant interactive …

Transfer window 2019 – every summer deal from Europe’s top five leagues

8.53pm BST 20:53

Half-time emails

“Hope you’re doing well and apologies if this bothers with your live commentary,” writes Vikas Tripathi. “I am late to the party but please pass on my very best wishes to Nicky and congratulate her on her decision to come out. I’ve always found her work insightful and deeply enriching and I am looking forward to very much of the same. Cheers!”

“It’s half-time in the game I’m watching, Huddersfield v Fulham,” reports JR from Illinois. “No score in that one. They’re mostly just kicking each other. It’s pretty good. I thought I’d check in on this game. Has Suarez been looking hungry? And yes, by that I mean does it look like he might bite someone.”

Suarez was looking angry rather than hungry when he was forced off, JR. He may be biting into something now though.

Updated at 8.53pm BST

8.50pm BST 20:50

Half-time! It’s o-o at the break. Athletic Bilbao have been the better, more urgent side, but Barcelona have hit the woodwork twice. Crucially, though, they’ve also lost Suarez to injury, and Messi is not available. This could go either way.

8.48pm BST 20:48

44 min: Rafinha hits the junction of post and bar! He works a yard of space and wraps the inside of his left foot around the ball from way outside the area. Unai Simón is nowhere and the ball screeches against the woodwork. That’s very unlucky.

8.46pm BST 20:46

43 min: Griezmann pops up on the right. He’s looking brighter, but a pitch map of Inaki Williams’s runs show he’s on course to break record for yards covered. Y0u can see why Manchester United were interested.

Updated at 8.46pm BST

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