“Wearing the Osasuna shield in the Primera is what I always wanted”

The Osasuna player Iker Muñoz has declared that the carrying of shield in First The Navarrese team has always been his favorite, a year after his debut in Valladolid under the command of Jagoba Arrasate.

“A while ago fast. It was a very intense and beautiful time. Everything went fast that week, I started training with the first team and was called up. Arrasate told me to be prepared,” Muñoz recalled in an interview with EFE about his debut in the top category.

He indicated that on February 12, 2023 he completed “a dream” from the unawakened. With the ease of a veteran and the enthusiasm of a child, he completed his second season of professionalism.

Muñoz considered that, in these months, he became “more mature in the game and gets more concepts acquired in the matches: “I’m still in the end the same child, with the same desire and enthusiasm to continue to develop and grow at Osasuna.”

“I always see the first team as a little far away, but at the same time close. When you are in the lower categories, you don’t think about when to reach the first team, but rather about making the steps. I had a chance to debut, I try to take advantage all the opportunities they give me and I will continue to do that day by day,” he stated about the path to the elite.

As a youth club, Osasuna currently has 9 footballers trained chop, something that serves as motivation for players in the lower categories: “It helps because when you walk into a locker room like this you’re grateful that they welcome you, in addition to meeting people you’ve known for a long time . It is a close relationship and on the field it will be seen that we are good enough.

Regarding his understanding of the Primera a year after the debut, Muñoz highlighted that “not much has changed” and he emphasized that “it is not that easy to lose the ball during the game and if you make a small mistake you will be punished, both in your own area and in the opponent’s area.”

This year, the 21-year-old midfielder has taken a step forward and has already accumulated 11 starts in 16 days in which he has had minutes: “Every year we fight to have more minutes and play as much as possible. We have healthy competition and I will try to play as much as I can between now and the end of my career. It’s great that at this age he can play a leading role in the First Division.

The jump in terms of minutes is very noticeable compared to last year, who played half of the total so far: “In mind I am doing well, In the end we have the whole week to prepare for the weekend game. As an athlete, you always want to play, but you have to earn on the field.”

“Enough First It is not easy. I came to Osasuna as a youth player and before that I had to go through several teams. I am in Milagrés, Falcesino, San Adrián and have been for three years Oberena. Eventually, the opportunity came up, I took it and I gradually burned through the stages, which is what it’s all about. “I feel privileged, because I have very good colleagues who in the end didn’t make it,” he said.

From the age of 10, the red ’34’ focused on one of the best football players in LaLiga: “There are very good people, but he looked at the players in the midfield. When I went The Conscious I always pay attention. When I saw a promotion stage in Pamplona, ​​Mikel Merino surprised me.

At 15 points above relegation and 7 from Europe, Osasuna is looking at the “short term. Now we have Las Palmas, which is a very important match. Depending on what happens there, we can, if we win, look up a little bit. They are direct rivals and we can tie, but there are still a few days left and it is too early to talk about what could happen in the final weeks.”

“I got goosebumps because I went up many times to watch the Osasuna game in The Conscious Once you see yourself there it’s even more impressive,” he commented about his stadium before adding that winning a title with the Pamplona team would be “a dream.”