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Athletic Bilbao secures Champions League berth

Bilbao will be returning to Champions League for the first time since the 1998-99 season.

Bilbao will be returning to Champions League for the first time since the 1998-99 season.

The game was briefly stopped a second time after a barrier collapse in front of a section of Bilbao supporters following their team's second goal. TV images showed one man with what appeared to be a cut on his head. Another man needed to be carried off the pitch while he held his foot.

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