Elche and Osasuna are canceled

EIche and Osasuna staged in 90 minutes what they are this season. Both are cheerful and fun in attack, but they have lost force in their own area. They give away in defense and that to escape a crisis and from the lower area of ​​the table is lapidary. After mutually canceling, Elche and Osasuna shared a point that does not make them poor. Both prolong that anguish of eight games without winning and the pressure is increasing. The Arrasate team left Elche more touched because they went ahead twice and missed several clear occasions.

Osasuna parked his fears from the beginning. The goal gave him wings, but the feeling in the first act was of being alive, intense and focused. He only conceded one share in the first 30 seconds after Boyé stole Unai García's wallet and Morente shot through the roof. From there, the red team dominated in all lines and found the prize quickly. Calleri left because of Dani Calvo's speed and hit a perfect ball at the far post. Rubén García appeared there to drop to the ground and cross before Edgar. Osasuna commanded on the scoreboard, in sensations and football. Only his lack of success prevented him from going to rest with a 0-2. Unai García and David García shared the clearest chance after a shot to the crossbar and a high shot. Roberto Torres missed another incredible one after a great assistance from Rubén García. Elche breathed because he went to rest with a goal behind.

The breath of fresh air was great for the franjiverde box, which only took a minute to equalize the match. Fidel he finished a long play and made good the three changes that came out at half-time, especially with the eternal Nino. Roberto Torres, after a few difficult minutes, missed another one of the unforgiving ones. The end was a give and take that had Brasanac and Carrillo as protagonists. Osasuna hit and equalized Elche nine minutes later. Pere Milla still had time to try one of his impossible goals from the head, but he went out and left a bittersweet aftertaste before Christmas.

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Arrasate: “League is left to get out of where we are”

Osasuna coach, Jagoba Arrasate, regretted his team's draw in Elche (2-2) as he indicated that his team deserved more, but said he was happy with the image offered and specified that if he maintains this level, he has enough time to get out of the queue.

“We already know what we have to do. I liked the team and we have been better than Elche, “said the coach, who regretted that the second goal for the Elche team came when his team was more” comfortable “.

“We have played what we wanted. For occasions and for everything we have deserved more, but this is not about merits, but about successes and mistakes, “said Arrasate, who insisted that Osasuna liked it.

“It was a shame not to get the three points, because in the first half we have had occasions to score some more goals “, reiterated the coach, who pointed out that with 1-2 “it was also clear that we could sentence.”

“But the party has remained open and an error of ours has given them the tie. We are where we are because we have done things wrong, but despite doing things well we are still missing, “said the Basque coach.

“It's a shame not to have won, but I see that light and if we continue along this line the results will come “, concluded. EFE.

Muñoz: “The team never lowers its arms”

Elche's second coach, Jesús Muñoz, accepted the draw against Osasuna (2-2) and stressed that despite being at a disadvantage twice on the scoreboard, his team never lowered its arms.

“We have risen twice with an adverse score and that should make us grow as a team”, said the Cuenca coach, who admitted that he maintained communication during the game with Jorge Almirón, first coach, absent after testing positive for coronavirus.

Jesús Muñoz explained that Elche did not enter the game well because he could not overcome the pressure of Osasuna. “We were thick with the ball and they had very clear chances because they caught us wide open”, admitted.

“It was not a good first part and that is something that must be analyzed and valued”, Almirón's assistant stressed, who acknowledged that the point finally knew him well because of “how the game happened.”

The coach praised the contribution of Nino and Víctor, two players who had barely participated in the league competition and who improved the team's image after the break.

“With them we have been more dynamic. They are there to continue contributing and that will make us grow,” he concluded. EFE.