Vicente Moreno He showed his intention on Sunday at the Metropolitano. The Osasuna coach left four of his starters, perhaps his most important players, on the bench, Ares, Moncayola, Aimar Oroz and Budimirto face Atlético in the clash that closed the first round thinking about tomorrow’s event in San Mamés that will give a ticket to the quarterfinals of the Cup The priority of the week is clear for the Massanassa coach.
The right back who trained at Lezama was the third red player in minutes played in the Liga behind goalkeeper Sergio Herrera and midfielder Lucas Torrothe author of 1-0 against Athletic at El Sadar which eventually ended in nothing after goals scored by Guruzeta and Berenguer which served to round the score in the last game the lions played in 2024.
The midfielder who played last summer to strengthen the red and white squad and a very good friend of another Navarrese, Beñat Pradosis the fifth most played; The Croatian striker is the seventh and Moncayolawhich became the last trick of Ricardo Barkala to compete with Jon Uriarte and Iñaki Arechabaleta in the Ibaigane seat election held on June 24, 2022, the tenth. The four left in the second period, but they will arrive in Bilbao with fresh legs. Budimir He is the top scorer of the Navarrese team with ten goals.
Osasuna started the season very well, becoming a revelation team with Mallorca, but it gradually lost steam. The rojillos are eleventh in the middle of the championship with 25 points, eleven behind the rojiblancos. They arrive in Bilbao after seven games without winning in the regular tournament, with four draws against Villarreal, Sevilla, Alavés and Espanyol, and three defeats, Real Madrid (4-0), mentioned against Athletic (1 -2 ) and one suffered by the mattress (1-0). Since November 2, they have not won in the League (1-0 against Valladolid), but they did it in the Cup thanks to their victories against Chiclana (0-5), Ceuta (2-3) and Tenerife (1- 2).
The Athletic-Osasuna duels have been even more recent. Three draws and just one domestic victory in the last four Leagues. The rojillos won in 2019-20 (0-1) and previously the statistics were in favor of the lions with seven wins and two ties on the scoreboard.
There is another painful tie for the locals. Suffered in the second leg of the Cup semifinals played on April 4, 2023, eliminating the team already led by Valverde to play the title match in Seville. Tomorrow there is a scent of revenge.
Source: La Verdad
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