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Sports News of Sunday, 14 June 2020

    

Source: footballghana.com

Partey plays full-throttle as Atletico Madrid daw 1-1 at Bilbao

Atletico Madrid midfielder Thomas Partey Atletico Madrid midfielder Thomas Partey

Thomas Partey played full-throttled for Atletico Madrid this afternoon and helped the side to draw 1-1 against Atheltic Bilbao in the Spanish La Liga.

The 2019/2020 football season in the European country returned this week on the back of a 3 months break which was necessitated by of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

In what was a Matchday 28 fixture of the campaign, Thomas Partey earned a starting role to help Diego Simeone's men fight for the maximum 3 points.

A pulsating actions in the first half saw both sides getting on the scoresheet before going into the break. First, Iker Muniain found the back of the net to give Bilbao the lead on the 37th minute before Diego Costa equalized on the 39th minute to restore parity for the Rojiblancos.

Ghana's Thomas Partey who is a transfer target of Arsenal and some other European giants lasted the entire duration of the match at the San Mames Barria with an impressive display.

The Black Stars asset has made 25 appearances and has managed to chip in with 2 goals in the process.