Good evening and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the Spanish Liga fixture between Athletic Club and Barcelona. We'll bring you all the action as it happens at San Mames. Kick off is at 7.45pm.
La Liga / Matchday 23
San Mamés / 10.02.2019
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Updated 10/02/2019 at 21:39 GMT
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Alena is going through an intense warm up down on the touchline. Could Valverde be about to throw on the talented youngster? Is he the sort of player Barcelona need right now?
54'
It seems that Barcelona have more control of the game in this second half than they did at any point of the opening 45 minutes. The Liga leaders are starting to turn the screw.
53'
Barcelona are finding more space to break into in this second half. Messi had options left and right as he broke forward, but in the end the move from the Catalans breaks down.
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Messi freekick... over! We've all seen the Barcelona number 10 score freekicks from this range before, but this time he sends his set piece over the bar. Herrerin had it covered anyway.
50'
Garcia is shown the first yellow card of the match for tripping Messi as he burst towards goal.
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D. García
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48'
Barcelona have started this second half at a higher pace than they played at any stage of the first half. Valverde clearly wants his team to up the tempo and intensity of their game.
47'
This is a picture of Ter Stegen's save from Susaeta in the first half.
46'
Barcelona were poor in the first half. They had chances to make the breakthrough, but their passing has been loose at times. Vidal, in particular, has been extremely slack with the ball.
2nd Half
45'
The second half is under way at San Mames! It's still goalless between Athletic Club and Barcelona.
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End of 1st Half
45'
HALF TIME: Athletic Club 0-0 Barcelona. Both mangers have some thinking to do at the break, especially Valverde. The Catalans have been below par so far. Athletic have had chances.
44'
Well defended by Martinez. Barcelona had the ball on the edge of the opposition box, Coutinho threaded the pass through for Suarez, but the Athletic centre back mopped it up.
43'
Athletic Club have had the edge in this first half. Barcelona have been poor and Messi is nowhere near fully fit. This is a chance for the Basque side to claim a famous victory.
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41'
Garcia is adamant that Athletic Club should have had a corner kick. He has a case. It did seem that the shot from the forward picked up a deflection as he put his shot wide of the post.
40'
That's a big miss! That should be an opener for Athletic Club. Garcia was presented with a golden opportunity at the back post, but he puts his low shot wide of the target. Should have done better.
39'
Still 0-0 in Bilbao with 39 minutes played. It has been an interesting match, there have been chances for both teams, but the game has fallen into something of a lull in the last 10 minutes.
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