Thank you, Pep...and Villarreal-Osasuna

Good morning, dear Osasunists! Tonight Osasuna plays against Villarreal at El Madrigal with very different aims, overall if we remind at the beginning of the season the Mediterranean team was supposed to be on the top positions and Osasuna would have to struggle to avoid relegation to Second Division. Actually, the situation is the opposite. We, as Osasunists, have a calculator in our pockets with our home keys. After this week European matches and the European League final confrontation Atletico-Athletic, plus the Copa del Rey final Barça-Athletic, even the team on the seventh position in the final classification in the Spanish League might go to Europe next season. Main rivals for Osasuna are Sevilla, Getafe and Espanyol, as they should lose their confrotations or get the least points up to the end of the season. The match in Villarreal tonight is key for Osasuna as they confront a weak team now. A victory will lead Osasuna to European positions.Villarreal, on the other hand, will have an eye on Sporting and Zaragoza, which are playing against two European rivals for Osasuna: Getafe and Athletic. Osasuna will definitely get their final situation in the Mediterranean stadiums. In fact, they will stay in that area for the next six days as they are playing against Villarreal and Valencia in those days. Both teams could be good rivals to get points, as I said with Villarreal because of their actual position in La Liga, and because Valencia was out of the European League Final against Atletico last Thursday and I am sure that will affect the city, the coach Emery and the players in Valencia F.C. Mendilibar is meeting an old friend for Osasuna on Villarreal bench, Lotina. Good news for Osasuna is Raul Garcia and Ibrahima's back and there are only two injured players, Masoud and Echaide. There are 23 players in this concentration period for those two games in the region of Valencia. Kickoff teams: Villarreal: Diego López; Mario, Musacchio, Zapata, Jaume Costa, Bruno Soriano, Marcos Senna, Borja Valero, Cani, Hernán Pérez and Marco Ruben. Osasuna: Andrés Fernández; Marc Bertrán, Lolo, Roversio, Damià; Puñal, Nekounam; Cejudo, Raúl García, Nino; and Lekic. Finally, I want to talk about this week sport news, which the most important one is Guardiola's leave from Barça's bench. I have always admired the Catalonian's work as you can read from former articles and I have never hidden my support to his achievements and Barça's awards and prizes. Here it is my sincere tribute to Pep Guardiola