Falcao vs. Athletic Bilbao, a story with many goals

The Tiger once again has his favorite prey in front of him. Radamel Falcao García will be available for the duel between Rayo Vallecano and Athletic Bilbao on date 24 of LaLiga Santander. The Colombian forward has been having continuity in recent games, but he has not been able to score and what better way to get back on goal than against the team he has scored the most goals in his entire career.

Falcao’s present goalscorer has not been the best. In 21 games played by all competitions, the Colombian has scored just two goals. His last goal was on October 18, 2022 against Atlético de Madrid. His first touchdown of the season? Precisely in the first round in San Mamés against Ernesto Valverde’s team.

Falcao, not to lose the habit of scoring against Athletic

Since the 2011-2012 season, Falcao García has faced Athletic Bilbao seven times. First, with Atlético de Madrid, he did it four times for LaLiga and once in the Europa League final. With the Vallecas team, the Colombian has faced the Basques three times.

The final of the second most important tournament in Europe may be the most remembered for Falcao’s followers, Well, on that occasion, he scored two goals that helped Diego Simeone’s team to take the title after the 3-0 scoreline. The Brazilian Diego would sentence the result.

On only two occasions that he faced the Bilbao team, García did not score. Curiously, on both occasions his team, once it was with the rojiblancos and another time with Rayo, did not take the three points. Furthermore, of the seven games, none have ended in a draw. In total there have been four wins and three losses.

In search of cutting the losing streak in front of the goal

138 days have passed since Radamel Falcao García scored his last goal in LaLiga. It was on October 18 against Atlético de Madrid as a visitor. Since his return to Spain in July 2021, this has been the Colombian’s third longest goalless run.

The longest was between the last and the penultimate goal he scored the previous season. Falcao scored for Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu on November 6, 2021 and put his name on the scoreboard again until May 1, 2022, against Real Sociedad in Vallecas. In total there were 176 days.

The next period of time on the list was between that goal against Real on date 34 of the Spanish championship and date 6 of the following season, 2022-2023. On that occasion he scored in the 3-2 defeat against Athletic Bilbao in San Mamés. There were 139 days, including the summer break.