Messi and Griezmann destroyed Bilbao’s dream of winning the cup. The Barcelona footballers continued with good games and a series of victories. Barcelona knocks Bilbao down and climbs to the second place.

In the third meeting of Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao in the last month, the Catalans defeated the Basques for the second time. Barcelona is counting its victories in La Liga, while Bilbao celebrated only in the Super Cup final.

It is even more important that with this victory, Barcelona climbed to share second place with Real. The biggest rivals are currently at 40 points, and the growth of form in Barcelona is noticeable. Leo Messi was especially inspired. He started furiously and had two good opportunities in the first 15 minutes, which he missed.

But he was precise in the 20th minute when he scored fantastically for 1: 0 from a free-kick. The match was calm from then until halftime, and the second half started with an unfortunate auto goal by Jordi Alba who tried to block the cross, but shook his net and equalized for the guests.

However, in the 74th minute, Barcelona still came to victory, and the hero is Antoine Griezmann, who received a pass in the penalty area and scored for 2: 1. Barcelona knocks Bilbao down and celebrates the smooth way to the top.