Athletic Club 4-Osasuna 3: More history

We know that our Athletic is like that and that countless shining pages have been written in the extended history of our organization. That is why we know that this match will be one to be remembered and to be reminded. It is quite simple, especially when a team loses, to say that football is like that, but the phrase is less worn and also acquires special meaning with a victory. For example, the strange thing about football served to speak of the harvested defeat this season in Anoeta. The red players will be asking themselves something similar: How could it have happened?

What is certain is that Osasuna was carrying the match well during the first half, controlling the game, closing spaces, playing direct football and with the advantage of a good goal by Pablo Garcia in the minute 15 of play. The red-and-white answer has been simply frothy, with attempts by Llorente and Prieto, and the match has languished until the halftime.
What could have been worse has been verified in the first ten minutes of the second period, with a goal by Webó after finishing off a good centre by Expósito, whose talent in the latter minutes of the game did not appear to originate in Lezama. It was Webó who was able to score in the minute 51 and in the 55 it was Puñal who has perfectly executed a distant free kick turning for five minutes the January uphill into an even steeper slope.

But, because football is like that, in the minute 60 Llorente has initiated an offensive that Yeste culminated with a goal shot… with the right! And the midfield player has not stopped there and in the 65 he has scored the 2-3 in a perfect free kick shot. At that moment Osasuna has known how to pause the match and the encounter has proceeded between a trifling game and yellow cards.

The bad condition of the turf multiplied the fatigue and two decisive changes have eventually arrived. Tiko and Guerrero have come into the game in the minute 80 and both have scored. First in the minute 84, culminating a collective play from the attack and the captain after finishing a centre by Iraola on the threshold of the minute 90, allowing him to forget a previous occasion.

If the draw seemed a great prize given the development of events, the fourth goal has untied the euphoria of the players that have celebrated the victory with the fans who have been warming up since the 1-3.

The worse is Lacruz’ injury on his right knee -he will be examined on Sunday- and the double yellow to Yeste, which will prevent him from playing in Valencia. The best is looking upwards on the table, having outshined Osasuna twelve years later and ratifying that this team knows how to make history. Now, for the Copa!