Good afternoon, dear Osasunists! Osasuna play at a usual time on Sunday at El Sadar against an old less hatred rival: Espanyol from Barcelona. A rival that helped Osasuna in the first round, or better said, the victory at Cornella helped Mendilibar to stay in Pamplona after the impressive win ( 0-3 ).
Both teams want to win the game this afternoon to sign a new contract to play in First Division next season, but opposite to previous games this second round, Osasuna is in the advantage side, as the
goalaverage is in favour and it may help in a hypothetical draw in the classification. The results from the previous weeks have narrowed the gap in the low part of the League. Depor and Celta still have expectations to be in La Liga de las Estrellas next season and Zaragoza, Mallorca or Granada too. But the rest up to the position of Espanyol ( 12th with 36 points ) can't keep calm until they reach the dreamed 42 points mark, though the amount might be smaller this seson.
Mendilibar's team, Osasuna, is 15th with 31 points and more eager to win this match to avoid relegation and congratulate their supporters with a new victory to keep on the road of salvation!
An old friend was signed to help Espanyol in La Liga, Javier Aguirre, the coach that is always welcomed in Pamplona and in the list of next season coaches for Osasuna ever. He left Pamplona to lead the National team of Mexico and since then, he has signed for several Spanish teams like Atletico or Zaragoza. He is an intelligent man and he's said that the match this afternoon will be brave, intense and with few opportunities to score goals for both teams, so in his opinion, the key of the match will be the lack of mistakes in each team.
There are few changes in both teams from the previous games against Real Sociedad and Valladolid, and only Tejera and Nano are the new names for the game. The posible kickoff teams may be as follow:
OSASUNA: Andrés; Bertrán, Rubén, Arribas, Damiá; Lolo, F. Silva, Armenteros, Nino, De las Cuevas; Kike Sola
ESPANYOL: Casilla; J. López, Colotto, H.Moreno, V. Álvarez; V. Sánchez, Forlín; Stuani, Verdú, Simao; Sergio García. GORA OSASUNA! AUPA ROJILLOS!
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