The duel of the 26th round of the Examples ended, in which Athletic managed to win victory over Villarreal in his native walls, scoring the only goal in the game.
It is noteworthy that in the starting lineup 22 Spanish football players entered the field - the last time such a number of local players appeared at the start in August 2014 in the Eibar-Real Sociedad match.
In total over the past ten years, in addition to these two meetings, in three more matches, examples were players from Spain, namely Sporting - Athletic in March 2010, Numansia - Athletic in April 2009 and Numansia - Sporting in March 2009.
Previously Basque striker Inaki Williams amusedly commented on his possible move to Barcelona.