Valencia manage a struggling Osasuna in another ‘show’ of arbitration

Baraja’s Valencia continued to climb the standings and added a second and deserved victory against an Osasuna that showed its worst face, something unusual (1-0).

Justin Kluivert, author of the great goal that gave ‘che’ important points, did not become the main character because Iglesias Villanueva made an arbitration that will take time to forget the Mestalla and that puts, one day more, the his eyes on the collective arbitral. Fortunately, he had no influence on Valencia’s just victory.

The game, with a first half without any chances, was decided in a more tense final half. And it’s not that there was no occasion in the first bars because it wasn’t tried. At least Valencia did it, with a more vertical football without certain stops to make the right decision. Osasuna, however, was not found at all. Neither the first nor the second half. He finished with zero shots on goal.

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Among the actions that made Iglesias Villanueva stand out, the first one happened then. He sent off Sergio Herrera for a straight red card at the request of his assistant, taking the ball so cleanly against Hugo Duro that it was even scary how good he was. And that’s what he saw in VAR, where he overturned his dismissal and didn’t call a foul.

Everything accelerated in the second half. Justin Kluivert’s goal finally arrived, a good goal for the squad after being assisted by Samuel Lino who accelerated the game and differential (74′). In fact, moments before that, the forward received a clear penalty from Lucas Torró that Villanueva did not indicate and did not even go to VAR to check.

After this, came the Galician collegiate show. There was another red, to Aimar Oroz, who was not on the field, for a ticket to Gayà. Using the VAR, where he saw a disastrous repetition where no one could see, he decided to remove it and then other repetitions showed that the entry was at the height of the tibia. And immediately after, punishment. Thanks also to VAR, because for him the demolition of Brasanac on Correia was not the first time.

The bad news is that Hugo Duro, who played a great game, missed it, against Sergio Herrera, who fought against Osasuna as much as he could and more. Because the Navarrese, when they sought to press, was a want and I could not.