MADRID (AP) — Athletic Bilbao drew with Granada 1-1 in a Spanish league match that won’t satisfy either club for different reasons on Friday.
Bilbao need points to secure a Champions League place but the draw left it three behind Atletico Madrid, which has a game in hand.
Atletico has fourth place, with the top four guaranteed places in next year’s Champions League.
“The Champions League spot is the dream,” Bilbao’s Nico Williams said. “It’s frustrating when the ball won’t go in, but we have to keep plugging away.”
At the other end of the table, Granada is in serious relegation danger. With six matches remaining, it is seven points behind third-to-last Cadiz. Almeria is in last place.
Granada’s hopes of a fourth win of the season were raised early in the first half when a Gerard Gumbau corner kick took the slightest of touches off Bilbao’s Iñaki Williams and flew in.
Jonathan Tetelman recalls his journey from a nightclub DJ to an international opera star
Bridges across the US that suffered same fate as Francis Scott Key in Baltimore
The perfect introduction to Wainwright's Lake District world
Biden pledges 'relentless diplomacy' on global challenges
Dominican prosecutors arrest soldier accused of raping a 14
I'm a female solo traveller... here are THREE European cities I wished I'd skipped
HK$3.5 billion Hong Kong Palace Museum opens after typhoon delay
Mercedes upgrades its electric EQS to give the EV a huge 511 mile
Start of Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial is delayed a week to mid
Four farm silos listed for £200k and they can be converted to a fabulous family home
Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula explores selling non
Travel fanatic who has used TSA PreCheck for 'her whole life' SLAMS popular service