Slaven: Rodic; Puric, Kokalovic, Glavica,
Bubnjic; Maras, Canadjija (Grgic 74'), Batarelo (Gregurina 66'), Rak, Delic
(Vugrinec 59'), Busic. 4-4-2.
Athletic: Iraizoz; Iraola,
Gurpegi, Ekiza (Muniain 46'), Iñigo Pérez; Iturraspe, De Marcos;
Susaeta, Ibai Gómez (Ruíz de Galarreta 46'), Ismael López;
Toquero (Llorente 46'). 4-2-3-1.
Goals:
1-0. 28. Maras. Curled long free kick over defensive
wall in off near post.
1-1. 47. Muniain. Turned ball in to empty net after
Llorente squared across.
2-1. 68. Gregurina. Shot from outside of area
which deflected in off Iraola.
A close shave in the end, but Athletic Bilbao are through to the play-off stage of the competition after beating Slaven Koprivnica 4-3 on aggregate. Defending a two goal lead from the first leg, Bielsa's side were confident of going through. But with just under half an hour on the clock Maras got one back with a well struck free kick, and before the half time whistle the Croatians almost turned the scoreline around with a long shot which rattled the woodwork. Bielsa made three changes at the break however, and substitutes Llorente and Muniain combined within a couple of minutes of the restart for Muniain to level the scores on the night. Midway through the second half though Gregurina scores another for the locals with a long shot which took a deflection off Iraola to wrong-foot Iraizoz, and there were some nervous moments before the referee finally called it a day. But in the end Athletic will be in tomorrow's play-off draw, where they will be joined by first timers Levante.