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Goals by Mikel San Jose, Andoni Iraola and Benat Etxebarria gave Athletic Bilbao a 3-2 win over Celta Vigo at the inaugural match in its new San Mames Stadium in the Spanish league on Monday.
“This is very good news for us, apart from the three points, we had the dream of starting off in this place with a win,” Athletic coach Ernesto Valverde said.
Celta striker Charles Dias silenced the 36,000 spectators when he opened the scoring against the flow of play in the 14th minute from a cross by Rafinha after rushing forward on a swift counterattack.
Mikel San Jose drew loud cheers from Athletic fans when he equalized in the 18th, beating goalkeeper Yoel Rodriguez after controlling the ball from a free kick taken by Benat Etxebarria.
Iraola scored his first goal of the season for Athletic in the 61st from a delicate back-pass by Iker Munain. Seven minutes later, Etxebarria timed his run forward to beat the offside trap, controlled the ball in the area, skilfully sidestepped a defender and calmly shot low into goal.
“It was important that the inauguration should begin on a good footing with a victory and I’m absolutely delighted,” Etxebarria said.
Santiago Mina pulled one back for Celta when he angled a back-header over goalkeeper Iago Herrerin’s outstretched hands in the 79th.
Celta missed other opportunities. Athletic goalkeeper Iago Herrerin gave away a penalty in the 26th when he brought down Manuel “Nolito” Agudo in the area, but the forward shot over the crossbar.
In Rome, Roma rallied to beat Parma 3-1 on Monday night to maintain its unbeaten start to the Serie A season.
Parma took a surprise lead six minutes from halftime when Jonathan Biabiany headed Mattia Cassani’s deep cross into the bottom right corner.
After conceding its first goal this season, Roma leveled through Alessandro Florenzi just after halftime.
Captain Francesco Totti gave Roma the lead in the 70th minute when he controlled Kevin Strootman’s ball over the defense and fired into the bottom left corner for his first goal of the season.
Roma sealed the win six minutes from time when Strootman got his first goal for the club with an unstoppable penalty after Gervinho had been tripped by Cassani.
“It was an important night,” Totti said. “We wanted to win at all costs. It’s been a long time since we won our first three games of the season.”
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