Here is how the Spanish papers rated Barca’s players following their shock 1-0 loss away at Athletic Bilbao on the opening day of the new 2019/20 season. This was Barca’s first Round 1 loss in the league since 2008/09, when the Blaugrana, then coached by Pep Guardiola, lost away to Numancia.
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Shock for Barca- Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona 2019 Attendance 47693 1-0 Aritz Aduriz Goal Overhead kick
Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona 2019 (Athletic-Barca 2019)
Final score and result:- Bilbao vs Barcelona 0-1 (Aduriz)
San Mames, Bilbao- 16 August, 2019
A stunner from veteran Aritz Aduriz sees Athletic Bilbao shock Barcelona in the opening game of the new Spanish season
La Liga title winning odds before start of 2019-20 season- What are Real & Atletico Madrid’s odds of lifting the title?
We did this with the Premier League and the Championship (promotion odds), and here are the odds for each team to win the La Liga title this season before the official start of the campaign.
As expected, defending champions Barcelona are the favourites to lift the title this year as well. Somewhat surprisingly, there is a large gap between Real and Atletico, with the latter at 13 compared to the former’s 2.62.
The team least expected to win La Liga in 2019/20 is Mallorca, as can be seen below.