Prestigious victory for Osasuna in Villareal (1-2)

A goal from Argentine Chimy Ávila in minute 87 he gave the victory for Osasuna in La Cerámica and ended the unbeaten condition of Villarreal, in a duel in which the locals were the owners of the ball but only disturbed their rival in the second half, who was very firm in defense and successful in what little he had in attack, he achieved the three points.

Villarreal paid for its offensive ineffectivenessa in the first half, in which he hardly put a rival’s goal in trouble, which on the contrary had a great effectiveness that led him to add his fourth victory in as many outings in the league championship.

As the game progressed, despite the dominance of Villarreal, Osasuna took the game where he wanted since it did not leave spaces to a rival without the clarity of ideas of previous days.

In this situation, on the first clear occasion that Osasuna had, he managed to to open the scoring in a play in the 26th minute in which a Vidal cross at the far post was headed by Manu Sánchez so that Lucas Torró could beat Rulli with a volley, who was unable to do anything.

In the last stretch of this first time Villarreal kept handling the ball and the game, but without finding a way to harm the firm Navarrese defense, except in a shot by Trigueros from outside the area that Herrera repelled first, while Gerard Moreno’s subsequent shot hit the post.

At the start of the second half, the game followed the same script. Villarreal kept moving the ball from side to side in search of finding a loophole in the rival defensive network and that end it found in a center by Alberto Moreno that was finished off by Gerard Moreno to sign a beautiful goal.

The goal spurred Villarreal at the same time that it made Osasuna doubt. The Villarreal team put behind the team of Joseba Arrasate, who was trying to get rid of the harassment of the locals, who were eagerly seeking to overcome the scoreboard. Unlike the first half, now every time Villarreal reached the area it generated a sense of danger.

When the party had lost the previous effervescence, a resounding failure of Mandi in defense was used by Chimy Ávila on the first ball he touched shortly after entering the game and three minutes from the end he put his team ahead again.

Villarreal tried everything to draw but without achieving their goal against a firm Osasuna behind that no longer granted more options to the Castellón.

ALIGNMENTS

1 – Villarreal: Rulli, Foyth, Pau Torres, Mandi, Alberto Moreno (Pedraza, m.46), Capoue (Coquelin, m.46), Parejo, Manu Trigueros (Alcácer, m.77), Danjuma (Chukweze, m.77), Yeremy Pino (Moi Gómez, m.77) and Gerard Moreno.

2 – Osasuna: Sergio Herrera, Nacho Vidal, Unai García, David García, Juan Cruz, Manu Sánchez, Torró, Moncayola, Brasanac, Rubén García (Javi Martínez, m.68) and Kike García (Chimy Ávila, m.81).

Stadium: La Cerámica, 14,831 spectators

GOALS

0-1, Lucas Torró (25 ‘)

1-1, Gerard Moreno (55 ‘)

1-2, Chimy Avila (87 ‘)

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– CA OSASUNA (@CAOsasuna) October 17, 2021

Nacho Vidal and Gerard Moreno

Lucas Torro