Good afternoon!Osasuna is about to finish their key month against their direct rivals to avoid relegation. The last team to confront is Hercules from Alicante ( a loving land with a special meaning for me...kisses Ana, Joaquin and Marcos ).
It's a good opportunity to increase the distance from those teams which are heading to Second Division, and Hercules is another team with problem in the last month. Osasuna is six points ahead of the relegation posts and the second victory away could mean a bigger gap and take calm to a nervous club in the last two months( remember that Osasuna was about to go down to Second Division in February with Camacho and there are some people now who think that Mendilibar's men can take Osasuna to Europe!!!).
Last weekend I was talking about the goalaverage with Racing and Osasuna was about to take it over, but they lost it in the last few minutes. Perhaps Santander is not our direct rival, but I am sure that Hercules will be and we cannot waste the three goals in advance, so in the case Osasuna lose, please, the score must be narrow and should include a goal.
Mendilibar is still a good psychologist and he's decided to take all his men ready to play to Alicante. I think that will help to form the real "team", one for all and all for one, as the Three Mosketeers used to say. Only Oier, the injured Ruper, Pandiani and Aranda, Nekounam and Soriano, amonested, are out of the list.
It seems that Vadocz will substitute Nekounam and Calleja will do the same with Soriano. Calleja, Camuñas and Sola is a triple forward list that I would have definitely ever said at the beginning of the season and apart from Bilbao, the only team in Spanish League with complete national players. I honestly prefer Masoud to Calleja most times, but I am confident to Mendilibar and he will be probably right!
Finally, I want to remind that there will be two players in Hercules that were or are linked to Osasuna. First, Portillo, who never played as desired by the supporters and the club. It won't be remembered in our history, and finally, Drenthe, who is a player of Real Madrid in Alicante and was in the list of former Osasuna's coach Camacho at the beginning of the season!Remember? And I'm sure no one in Osasuna would ever pay a euro for him nowadays!! All in all, see how things change in less than a year!!!!
Hercules F.C. have some important players anyway, but their situation is difficult in the last month. Tote, Trezeguet, Peña, Olivier Thomert, Tiago Gomes and Velthuizen won't be in Esteban's list this afternoon and they are in relegation posts, so it seems to be a key match for them to start the last part of the League.
Gora Osasuna!Aupa Rojillos!
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