AE Prat - Athletic Club

Athletic Club have progressed to the next round of the Copa thanks to a 1-6 win against AE Prat in Hospitalet. 

Thanks to goals from all three of their forwards, the Lions had the game well and truly wrapped up by half-time. The youngsters put the game to bed in the final quarter with strikes from Txus Vizcay – assisted by Aritz Conde – Christian Imga and Selton Sanchez. The packed Athletic stand celebrated in style.

The Lions came out determined to score an early goal but it wasn’t until the 28th minute that Maroan Sannadi found the net from a fine cross by Mikel Jauregizar, who would then set up Robert Navarro for our second straight after.

AE Prat, who had managed to hold out against Edin Terzic’s side’s thanks to their goalkeeper and the Rojiblancos’ lack of accuracy, got back into the game instantly with a goal from Gustavo Reinke.

However, Nico Serrano made it 1–3 with a right-footed shot across goal in the 36th minute.

In the final ten minutes of the second half, just as the match seemed to be petering out, the youngsters put on a goal-scoring masterclass. Conde, showing great audacity on his debut, set up Vizcay to make it 1–4 before Imga and Selton sealed the victory with their first goals as Lions.