hello and welcome to our channel sports fans today we're talking about the Barcelona versus Athletic bilbow match which saw the catalon Giants maintained their 100% winning start to the new La Liga campaign it was an intense encounter that threw up some intriguing tactical battles in moments of pure magic the match started with an evenly matched tactical battle that somewhat stifled any entertainment that the neutrals would have hoped to see however it was pedre's moment of visionary magic that created the first me meaningful sighting of goal his delightful lofted pass was turned goal Wards acrobatically by Rafia whose effort was easily gathered by athletic bbow keeper Alex Padilla athletic found themselves behind moments later when laaga mul's curling effort deflected into the corner off the head of enigo Leu the catalon Giants could have been two goals to the good 10 minutes before Heights when Robert lowski hit the post with a powerful shot however his Miss looked costly when po Cub Bari brought down Alejandra Beringer in the area Low's worst fears were realized moments later when oan sanset confidently sent Mark Andre to St in the wrong way from the penalty spot Low's wo continued in the second half's infancy when he headed rafinas cross onto the post with Alex Padilla rooted to the spot however the third time's a charm for lowski and he finally found the back of the net with a thumping finish after Padilla parried pedre's cross perfectly into his path Ernesto valde would undoubtedly have hoped for a better response from his side but they simply couldn't break down the hosts for a second equalizer in turn Barcelona were relatively untroubled in seeing out the victory making it 23 successive home League games unbeaten against Athletic bilbow the win is a crucial one for Barcelona who are looking to challenge for the La Liga title this season the team is hoping that they can use this momentum to build towards a successful campaign flash score man of the match pedri whose Visionary Magic created the first meaningful sighting of goal was a constant threat throughout the match that's all for today's video what did you think of the match between Barcelona and athletic bilbow share your thoughts with us in the comments below and don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more sports updates