Early red, huge blunder by World Cup winner, emphatic defeat: Bilbao debut turns into a fiasco for Edin Terzic | Goal.com
Only a little over 10 minutes had gone at the venerable San Mames when Bilbao's Aitor Paredes made a dreadful blunder and left team-mate Yuri Berchiche with no choice but to commit a professional foul. The consequence was a red card for the 36-year-old. A few minutes later, Spain's World Cup-winning goalkeeper Unai Simon then played a disastrous misplaced pass that Sevilla's Oso tucked away to make it 0-1 (15).
Before kick-off, Simon had proudly posed with the World Cup trophy alongside winger Nico Williams and centre-back Aymeric Laporte. The Athletic trio played an active part as Spain became world champions for the second time in New York in July.
By the break, Terzic's team were only 0-1 down despite the mistakes and had put up a decent fight with 10 men. But Sevilla put the game to bed quickly after the restart. Chidera Ejuke (50) and Isaac Romero (57) made it 0-3.
Paredes could only pull one back for cosmetic purposes and make it 1-3 (70).
"I am sure that we will learn from this defeat," said Terzic, who was trying to stay positive. "I saw a good reaction after going 0-2 down. We did not give up, but fought until the end."
After a two-year break, Terzic took charge in Bilbao for his second spell as head coach. He previously won the DFB Cup with Borussia Dortmund as interim coach in 2021.
From 2022 to 2024, the 42-year-old was head coach at BVB, where he narrowly missed out on the German championship in 2023 and then on the Champions League title in 2024, losing only in the final against Real Madrid.
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