La Real put the txapela on Catena (1-3)

The Euskal Herriko Txapela was for Osasuna and, especially for recent signing Catena, lifted to Olympus by Real’s incomprehensible set piece defence, which allowed the rojillo central defender to score a hat-trick in 34 minutes. Osasuna has yet to do anything to win the title against a green Real, but that left 25 minutes in the first half of many carats, with the performances of Cho, scorer, Brais and Gorrotxategi, above all. Not so with Sadiq, low due to overload, or the internationals, who are not at the required point.

Imanol came out with the best he had, or the strongest he was, but it took him 10 minutes to get into the game. Mourning for Silva’s injury is. At that time, a better Osasuna was destroyed, warning in the third minute with a corner that Real did not defend well, but Torró threw it all in his favor, forgave in 8′ with a good action by Martínez on the wing, easily avoided Gorosabel and forced Remiro to intervene, but in the end he scored in that corner. Carlos Fernández inexplicably missed it and Catena, alone, headed towards goal. The Sevillian quickly realized the mistake, activating from there.

Gorrotxategi, Cho and Brais provided it and Real carbureted in the 10th minute. Although not by all means. The royalist midfielder began to dominate in a massive way, easily linking Carlos and Cho, who were very participatory and clearly emerged winners of their respective duels. The first realistic chance, after some dangerous arrivals without a shot, was for Gorrotxategi, kicking a pass behind Cho from high.

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After a quarter of an hour came the stretch of the best realistic football. Fernández steals Catena’s wallet but rushes the shot and Aitor easily deflects it. Without leaving the leather, Brais invented a genius that raised all the Gal to get away from his pair in the area and send a great cross in front of the defense that only Fernández could handle. Osasuna took it and lost the ball. Zubeldia immediately invented a low pass filter that cut through the three lines and left Fernández alone against Aitor, after a good feint and departure, but the striker did not dare to put his foot in.

But the best game is missing. Remiro caught the ball and, without hesitation, launched a beautiful bounce pass with his hand, measured to the millimeter for Cho to take the position from Cruz. The Frenchman charged forward, but his bruise fell behind and Olasagasti only bit him, with his right foot, making it easier for Aitor to stop. But Cho did not give up, who tried it with another torn band, stepped on the spot, raised his head and found an ally in Gorrotxategi who, with all the restraint in the world, put back the wall so that ’11’ tied the game with a big whiplash that hit the post. Great aim and sense of superiority.

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But Real began to collapse and Osasuna, without much to do, got two lateral centers to attack the great royalist weakness of the day. Catena scored a hat-trick in 42 minutes, finishing all three times. They don’t have an afternoon with that Cantero, Zubeldia or Remiro. Less than the minimum required.

The second half was a long one for everyone in the stands, and probably for many of those on the green. And that’s 22 new players, plus three additional changes. The pace dropped dramatically and the game was unremarkable, with hardly any play or chance and with almost only the incentives of the debuts of the young foals. There were few certainties left for Imanol on the bench beyond an Aritz who had to retire in the 71′ after a powerful blow from the split ball. Navarro was selected to play for Silva, with a forward consisting of Azkune, Karrikaburu and Magunazelaia, and the subsequent cooling of Dadie. The bold midfield with Marín and Navarro from the interior did not work too much and the star of the second half was arguably Marrero who hindered Osasunista’s goal on several occasions. Aritz also did his best against Budimir to correct first an errant back pass from Sola and then a loss from Marrero inside the box. But by the third time he was lying down and left. It was the moment of the day, because Jon Martín, the central defender of Lasartearra from 2006, came out to make a debut of the specials (and earlier). Minutes of great concentration, great positioning and struggle in Budimir. There is a player there. La Real just came to overcome the match, and the txapela and the title went to Osasuna, so the royalistas have only one trophy left on their record even though they have the most finals, so far. On Tuesday, second test, in Portugal against Sporting.