OSASUNA 1-VILLARREAL 0 | Submarine dry braking

Osasuna beat Villarreal 1-0 thanks to a sensational header from Argentina’s Chimy Ávila in the second half which serves his team to add the third victory of the season at home, a result that stops the cruising speed reached by the submarine in recent weeks. Both of them They were measured in very different situations. The rojillos, after accumulating two consecutive defeats. Those of Emery, adding five days without losing and having four of those five games. Arrasate modified the eleven that he saw using for a 4-4-2 and with the novelties of Javi Martínez and Kike García instead of Brasanac and Budimir.

From the first bars, an open game was seen, with Villarreal letting play and Osasuna trying to look for any mistake by Emery’s men. Alberto Moreno put Herrera in trouble, who snatched a ball from him that was going to goal. A few minutes later it was Pau Torres who prevented a goal from Nacho Vidal. Villarreal created more danger, but the Navarrese also tried, in a two-way match. The Navarrese showed certain difficulties when it came to defending from set pieces. In the 24th minute he was able to change the fate of the match, but the goal by exrojillo Estupiñán was annulled for offside.

Villarreal began to press on, showing their virtues in attack. At the stroke of half-time, David García was about to score, but his ball, well headed to the far post, went a little wide. Neither of them managed to move the scoreboard before the break. The Submarine showed its great technical ability and the Navarrese had to tread more on the rival area.

After the break, the team from Castellón pressed, making it difficult for Arrasate’s team to leave their area and the ball didn’t last long. Chimy Ávila had the first chance of the first half for the rojillos, but his ball went high.

In just two minutes, the locals had three chances. First it was Kike García, then Rubén García and then Chimy Ávila. It is already known that when ‘El Comandante’ puts something between his eyebrows, there is no one to stop him and moments later, in the 63rd minute, he scored the one to zero, from a cross header, after a nice play by band left.

El Sadar and the team, they came up. Villarreal, looking for a draw, suffocated an Osasuna that was trying to shake off the pressure from Emery’s men. Just a few minutes from the end, Budimir, who had just entered the field, scored, but his goal was annulled for being offside. Finally, Osasuna was able to regain victory after two defeats, improve their numbers in El Sadar and achieve three gold points.