Osasuna is defeated by Villarreal (0-3) in a duel between direct rivals for the European positions
Euskaraz irakurri: Osasunak galdu egin du Vila-real Europarako postuetako aukari zuzenaren kontra (0-3)
Osasuna lost against Villarreal (0-3) in the sadar This Sunday, March 19, the match corresponding to the 26th day of Santander League. The rojillos fell to a direct rival in the fight to enter the European positions and conceded their second loss in a row.
Summary of the match Osasuna – Villarreal
Osasuna’s desire to win again in their stadium two months later was evident in the first minutes. Those from Arrasate moved the ball with speed and precision to dominate the wide plot of the pitch with Lucas Torró as chief engineer. The yellow submarine did not despair and in the blink of an eye took the lead on the scoreboard. Reina started the play, the ball reached Parejo and he opened for Pedraza. The full-back focused on the area so that chukwueze he slipped between the central defenders and finished off with his left knee (0-1).
Three minutes later, Chukwueze himself scored again, but the Nigerian player’s goal was ruled offside by the referee.
Quique Setién’s men asserted the quality of their midfield and then darted towards the goal defended by Aitor Fernández. Osasuna had to work hard in defence, managed to withstand the attacks of the rival, and came to rest with a bit of advantage for the visiting team.
At the restart Osasuna came out with a more offensive character. He took advantage of a small approach to ignite his fans. Abde, first, and Chimy Ávila behind him, were about to tie, but the stick stopped the Moroccan in his efforts to open his scoring account in the match.
Darko Brasanac shook the crossbar with a right foot from the small area. Osasuna was approaching the goal showing more desire than the yellows. He loaded the area with Kike García and Budimir.
When Osasuna was better, Moncayola’s error arrived. The youth player made a mistake in midfield and handed the ball over to Morales, who from afar beat Aitor Fernández with quality (0-2).
Already in added time, his own Morales put the sentence with the third (0-3) after taking advantage of a good pass from Yeremy Pino.
In the end, defeat for an Osasuna who could not get points in front of their fans.
Data sheet:
0 – Osasuna: Aitor; Nacho Vidal (Darko, m. 46), Aridane, David García, Manu Sánchez; Torró (Pablo Ibáñez, m. 78); Barja (Kike García, m. 78), Moncayola, Moi Gómez, Abde (Rubén García, m. 78); Chimy Avila (Budimir, d. 64).
3 – Villarreal: Queen; Foyth, Albiol (Mandi, m. 46), Torres, Pedraza (Mójica, m. 46); Trigueros, Parejo, Terrats (Lo Celso, m. 67); Chukwueze (Kiko Femenía, m. 85), Gerard (Morales, m. 35), Pino.
Goals: Chukwueze 0-1 (m. 14), Morales 0-2 (m. 85), Morales 0-3 (m. 93).
Referee: Muñiz Ruiz (Galician Committee). Nacho Vidal, Torró and Darko showed yellow for Osasuna. To Yeremy and Morales for Villarreal.
Source: Eitb

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