Elche-Osasuna, let's fall in love!

 
Good morning, dear Osasunists!Elche and Osasuna are celebrating this special day for lovers with a new match in La Liga and they are going to play an intense nervous game to avoid relegation for next season.

Fran Escribá, Elche's coach is aware of the complexity of the confrontation as Osasuna is a hard team to play as a visitor and Osasuna is very comfortable away from El Sadar. Besides, Osasuna players are eager to get more points and broaden their gap with the relegation posts. They won last game in El Sadar against Getafe ( 2-0 ) and they seem to have forgotten their defeats against Athletic (1-5) and Villarreal (3-1).

When Osasuna players are nervous, anxious or don't move the ball from one side to other, they suffer with their rivals. It is true that as visitors Osasuna won against Málaga (0-1), Valladolid (0-1) and Betis (1-2), and got a point against Celta (1-1) and Granada (0-0).

On the other hand, Elche have won four matches at their stadium: Espanyol (2-1), Valencia (2-1), Rayo Vallecano (2-0) and Almería (1-0), but they got a draw three times and lost five matches. Besides, as it happened last week against Getafe, it is very important to bear in mind the goalaverage and the first round game. Now Osasuna is ahead Getafe as Osasuna lost 2-1 in Madrid, but they won 2-0 at El Sadar. Therefore, as Osasuna won in Pamplona 2-1 against Elche, it would be great to get a point or even to win in the Mediterranean field.

Javi Gracia, Osasuna's coach, can't use De las Cuevas and Puñal, as they got injured and it seems that Torres and Lolo will substitute them.

Posible kickoff teams:
Elche: Toño, Damián Suárez o Sapunaru, Lombán, Botía, Edu Albacar, Manu del Moral, Rubén Pérez, Rivera or Carlos Sánchez, Fidel, Coro, Cristian Herrera.
Osasuna: Andrés Fernández; Marc Bertrán, Loties, Arribas, Damiá; Silva, Lolo; Cejudo, Torres, Armenteros; Oriol Riera.

LET'S FALL IN LOVE OSASUNISTS! GORA OSASUNA! AUPA ROJILLOS!

Osasuna-Elx, 13 years later in First Division

 

Good afternoon, dear Osasunists! Today is Friday and our weekend starts with the match of our loved club. We know that the timetable for the games of the season is a nightmare for every club, but in my opinion this time, 9 o'clock in the evening, isn't as bad as playing on a Monday at night, by the time you get home is Tuesday early in the morning!

After four games and four lost games in the beginning of La Liga, Osasuna is in danger and there is a need for a victory. The club fired out Mendilibar when they lost the three first games, but even the known saying : " a entrenador nuevo, victoria asegurada" didn't work with Osasuna, and they lost against Getafe last Sunday with the new coach Javi Gracia. 

The visitor is a new club in First Division, Elche, but if I call memories of my childhood I can remember my football album of 1973 with stickers of Elche F.C. They got promoted last year, and they have the same urgency as Osasuna do, but there is a tiny difference: they already got three points from three draws.
 
Osasuna players need a victory as they need our support. It is known that El Sadar is a difficult stadium for the visitors because the supporters, and not only Indar Gorri, push up very hard without any rest. The stadium and the supporters must lead the players to their first three points.

As we said Osasuna have played against Elche for 20 times in history. There are more victories on the Mediterranean side (8) than on the Reds' (7). There were five times the match ended with a draw. Last time they confronted was 13 years ago and Osasuna won ( 3-1 ) when they were in Second Division.

 Probable kickoff teams:
-       Osasuna: Fernández; Damiá, Lotiés, Arribas, Oier; Puñal, Gato Silva; Sisi, Torres, Armenteros; Riera
-       Elche: Herrera; Albácar, Lombán, Suárez, Botía; Márquez, Pérez; Fidel, Coro, Gil; Boarkye

GORA OSASUNA!AUPA ROJILLOS!