Osasuna-Tenerife, more than three points

See the article in this blog: 10 years in First Division and Tenerife-Osasuna ( 13th September 2009 )
The second half of the season 09-10 starts this afternoon at the Reyno de Navarra.
It was last 13th September when I started, as I said then, a weekly article about Osasuna matches in the Spanish League, and later I was happier to write about the week match of Osasuna in La Copa del Rey.

But everything is over, La Copa and the first half of this season. Now we have to wait till next season to dream with another final like the one in 2005 in Madrid and we only have to wait for Sunday to come to talk about Osasuna and football.

I've already said last week that it depended in the final result to see what we can expect of our players. They won, better said, they not only won, Osasuna players played one of their best games away this season ( that could be the main reason for Valverde's destitution ) and got three more points to settle in a comfortable 9th position in League.

Today it's C.D. Tenerife to visit our stadium. Tenerife is supposed to be one of those teams of the so-called, for me too, Liga de los Modestos. Tenerife is in the relegation positions and if Osasuna win for more than two goals, not only they'll almost reach the 30 points frontier, but they'll relegate the dangerous positions to a more comfortable 12 points and the goalaverage in their favour with Tenerife.

This second half of the League is very important for us to improve the figures-points at home. Osasuna have shown a better play away than home and that should change as soon as possible, because our main rivals in that "second League" are going to be visitors in the Reyno de Navarra.

Finally, as I said last week, there are few things/players to desire from any other team in the Spanish League, but I hope we won't miss our own players either, those like Juanfran, not playing today for healthy problems or other players' problems like Pandiani's. Let's hope Osasuna players' concentration will be the highest for this match, different from their concentration in their game against Racing in Copa.

Kickoff teams
Osasuna: Ricardo, Sergio, Flaño, Monreal, Azpilicueta, Neokunam, Puñal, Camuñas, Masoud, Calleja and Pandiani.

Tenerife: Aragoneses, Luna, Manolo, Sicilia, M. Bertrán, Ricardo, M. Alonso, Kome, Juanlu, Alfaro and Nino

Referee: González Vázquez. Kickoff time: 17.00 Stadium: Reyno de Navarra

P.D. : Don't forget the score in Tenerife ( 2-1 )
Gora Osasuna! Aupa Rojillos!