Athletic and Osasuna they play this Tuesday, at 9:00 p.m., in San Maméshe second leg of the Cup semifinal that confronts them. This is a decisive match, which will determine which of the two Basque teams gets the ticket for the final. The Navarrese team will take to the field of play with the advantage of a goal that he obtained in the first leg, in El Sadar, on March 1; matching that goal scored in Pamplona by Abde will therefore be the first stumbling block for Athletic, in its challenge to reach its third final in the last four seasons (it would be the sixth since the 2008-09 campaign), while Osasuna will try to assert the result of the first leg to return, thus, to a Cup final that last played in 2005. The match will be broadcast live by ETB1 and Radio Euskadi, and eitb.eus will carry out special monitoring around it.

The expectation is enormous in Bilbao and Pamplonaand it is expected that San Mamés is full to the brimonce Athletic has announced this Monday that there are no tickets left for the appointment. Osasuna also registered a much higher demand for tickets than the 575 arrivals from the Biscayan capital, although without a doubt the red fans will push their team hard, in the stands and also in the hours before the match. El Sadar, in the first leg, registered a spectacular atmosphere, and everything indicates that this is going to be repeated on tuesday night in San Mames.

in sports, Athletic and Osasuna, since the clash that opened the semifinal, have maintained a trajectory that, without being brilliant, has been somewhat more positive for Ernesto Valverde’s men than for Jagoba Arrasate’s. In the four league games played since then, Athletic have defeated Valladolid at home, and tied in Vallecas and in San Mamés against Getafe; the rojiblancos were defeated by FC Barcelona in Bilbao, and they have scored three goals and conceded two. Osasuna has added two points, three less than the Bilbao team, with the draws scored against Celta, in El Sadar, and Mallorca, as a visitor; the visit to Mestalla and the match played at home against Villarreal, on the other hand, resulted in defeats. Perhaps the most negative of all this is that the rojillos have not been able to score any goal; Thus, the one marked by Abde against Athletic is, for the moment, the last one they have managed to score.

How could they make both teams?

So things, by Athletic, it seems very possible that three of the players who last Saturday, against Getafe, entered the second half, specifically Mikel Vesga, Nico Williams and Oihan Sancet, will start to play against Osasuna. Also Iñigo Martínez could have his place in the center of the defense. Ernesto Valverde could play the trick of lining up Dani García in the midfield with the aforementioned Vesga, and, for the position of center forward, the coach could bet on Gorka Guruzeta or Raúl García.

in Osasuna, the entry of David García, Jon Moncayola, Abde or Moi Gómez, who did not start at Son Moix on Friday, also seems clear, as well as the presence in the wide zone of Lucas Torró along with Moi Gómez himself. Aimar Oroz, who did start out in Mallorca, also aims to be a regular, to try to promote, along with his teammates, Ante Budimir, a reference in attack for the Pamplona team. Aridane, who is in a remarkable moment of form, will foreseeably be the one who accompanies David García on the defensive line. Chimy Ávila, injured in recent weeks, has entered the squad offered by the Navarrese club.

If there is no extension (Abde’s goal gives Osasuna a one-goal advantage, with no double value for the goals that the rojillo team can score), at around 11:00 p.m. on Tuesday we will know if it is the Athletic fans or that of Osasuna the one that gets moving for the final of the Cup. La Cartuja, in Seville, awaits the one who gets the pass on May 6, with FC Barcelona or Real Madrid as rivals for the title.

Probable line-ups for the Athletic-Osasuna Cup match (Tuesday, April 4, at 9:00 p.m., in San Mamés)

Athletic: Agirrezabala; De Marcos, Yeray, Iñigo Martínez, Yuri; Dani Garcia, Vesga; Inaki Williams, Sancet, Nico Williams; Raul Garcia.

Osasuna: Sergio Herrera; Moncayola, Aridane, David Garcia, Juan Cruz; torro; Kike Barja, Aimar, Moi Gomez, Abde; Budimir.

Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (C. Madrid); VAR referee: David Medié Jiménez (Catalan Committee).

Source: Eitb

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