Isn’t Aritz Aduriz far too old to be scoring goals like this?
The Athletic Bilbao striker scored an unbelievable goal Friday against FC Barcelona in the teams’ opening game of the 2019-20 La Liga (Spanish first division) campaign. The game was goal-less in the 90th minute when Arduriz went airborne and volleyed a cross past Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
GOAL! 💥 An acrobatic strike from #Aduriz takes the lead for #Bilbao with only a few minutes to go! #ATH 1 – 0 #Barca
Watch here 👉 https://t.co/mKEzQGwIuY#LaLiga #beINLiga #AthleticBarça pic.twitter.com/qp45StURgs
— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS_EN) August 16, 2019
Aritz Aduriz salutes @Athletic_en fans after scoring 89th minute winner against @FCBarcelona pic.twitter.com/5t8XSmN5EU
— beIN SPORTS USA (@beINSPORTSUSA) August 16, 2019
Amazingly, Aduriz entered the game as a substitute only one minute prior to scoring.
The 38-year-old now has scored at least once in the last 15 La Liga seasons, equaling (at least for now) Lionel Messi’s record for most consecutive years with a goal in Spain’s top flight, according to Opta.
After the game, Arduriz discussed his magical goal.
“That’s the beauty of the game that these things can happen,” Arduriz said after the game. “I’m really happy obviously.”
Well struck and well said.
