Betis-Osasuna, is it football on Friday?

 

Good evening, dear Osasunists! Is it week day or weekend ? It's a very strange time to talk about football and I don't get used to watching a game on Friday night! I am very traditional and I like the typical song that adverts football in Spain.

The game itself is interesting not only for Sevillians and Navarrians, but also for those who like football as Betis showed last Sunday at Anoeta in Donosti. There are different aims in both teams: Betis is about to reach 43 points if they win and it may confirm them to stay in First Division for next season and have other goals up to the end of the League this year; and on the other hand, Osasuna must forget their last defeat against Athletic at El Sadar and increase the gap between them and those team that want to leave the relegation posts.

Mel's team have scored six goals in their last two games against Malaga and Real Sociedad. Just the opposite from their rivals tonight. Osasuna's handicap is the scoring. They only scored two goals in two games with the result of a victory against Levante away and the last weekend defeat in the Basque derby.

Supporters in Seville are dreaming of watching the Champions next year at Benito Villamarin and they expect to have a good victim in Osasuna. For that reason, Mel is going to keep his confidence on the same team that won in the Andalusian derby, and he can use any footballer in his club as there isn't any injuried or sanctioned player.

Osasuna's supporters want to regain their three points lost against our hatred rival at El Sadar. It seems to have improved their play away after their last victory in Levante (0-2)  and the last minute draw against Mallorca (1-1).

As we said their handicap is how to get more goals, but on the other hand they have figures of a Champions team in the defence. The midfielders' control has also improved with Masoud and Oier in the pitch.
Osasuna is a very serious team away as they have showed this season with their results against Espanyol (0-3), Real Sociedad (0-0) and Getafe (1-1).

 Mendilibar can change the defence after Ruben's accomplishment of his yellow cards and the back of Annan, the footballer who played for Ghana in the Africa Cup and had to stay more time than the expected in his country.

Posible kickoff teams:
Real Betis: Adrián, Angel or Chica, Mario, Amaya, Nacho, Cañas, Beñat, Campbell, Juan Carlos, Pabon and Jorge Molina.
Osasuna: Andres Fernández, Marc Bertran, Arribas, Flaño, Damia, Lolo, Silva, Oier, Armenteros, De las Cuevas and Nino.