Osasuna cuts the flight to Villarreal

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Osasuna broke his losing streak and Villarreal could not prolong the good path he had started.

As happened in La Cerámica, a goal by Chimy Ávila executed the yellow team.

It was after a game in which Emery's team dominated, although with little substance in the rival area, where the important thing was cooked.

Osasuna, despite giving up the ball for many minutes, was more resolute against Rulli, who made him work a few times.

OSASuna

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Herrera, Juan Cruz, David García, Nacho Vidal, Manu Sánchez, Lucas Torró, Javi Martínez (Brasanac, min. 70), Jon Moncayola, Rubén García (Oier, min. 88), Kike García (Ante Budimir, min. 70) and Chimy Ávila (Aridane, min. 81)

VLL Villarreal

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Rulli, Albiol, Aurier (Trigueros, min. 76), Estupiñán, Pau Torres, Capoue, Alberto Moreno (Moi Gómez, min. 57), Parejo (Coquelin, min. 83), Yeremy Pino (Chukwueze, min. 76), Arnaut Danjuma and Giovani Lo Celso (Boulaye Dia, min. 76)

Goals

1-0 min.

62: Chimy Avila.

Referee

Jose Luis Munuera Montero

Yellow cards Chimy Ávila (min. 73)

Two opposite trajectories converged in El Sadar.

The Osasuna curve was going down, almost in the red, after two months of drought at home;

that of the yellow submarine, buoyant, luminous green, on the way to the stars, but football is like the Dow Jones, unpredictable.

Doing the pool is like playing in the stock market.

Getting it right is something for the very expert, or for the very foolish who hit a ball by chance, or crashed with a crash.

Arrasate decided to change some things in his team in search of solvency, while Emery, prudent, preferred not to touch anything, because everything seemed to work, with Yeremy Pino, the one with the four goals, shining, and the rest of the team running like clockwork .

That's how they went in the first few minutes, the usual ardor of Osasuna extinguished in front of the Pamplona public.

The yellows had the ball and the reds didn't seem to need it.

When they managed to have it, they planted themselves in two passes near the area.

The formula seemed simple: ball up that Kike García caught, and opening for Chimy, Rubén García or whoever appeared there.

With those rudiments he hit Osasuna, who scared Rulli with a shot from Nacho Vidal that Pau neutralized by throwing himself to the ground.

After a goal disallowed against Estupiñán for offside, for which the Ecuadorian was already beginning to apologize to his former parish, the Arrasate team was able to get ahead of a miscalculation by Rulli, who went out for grapes at a corner.

David García's shot, with the loose ball, went high.

He proposed Villarreal, made plans, but none of them turned out the way he wanted.

Only a cross from Danjuma, which turned into a shot, made things difficult for Herrera, who had an almost insurmountable defensive wall in front of him.

Parejo's baton didn't pick up the beat.

With the beginning of the second part, Arrasate undid the initial changes and returned to his usual plan.

He placed Chimy on the right and Javi Martínez more centered, and everything began to flow better for Osasuna.

Villarreal still had the ball, but moved it in uncompromising plots, although after a corner Capoue was able to score, with a shot that crashed into the Navarran team's palisade of legs.

A minute later, Rulli had to make the save of the match for Rubén García.

Immediately after, Kike García headed high from a corner and a little later, Chimy shot slightly wide.

They were the best moments for Osasuna, who, in his sauce, scored his goal without interruption.

Torró snatched the ball from Lo Celso, who called for a foul, stuck in the Osasuna field.

Javi Martínez led the counterattack with patience, which may seem like an oxymoron, but he was not.

He gave time for Rubén García to spread out on the left and Chimy on the right.

He gave the ball to the first, who crossed precisely, and the Argentine marked the times of a canonical header to beat his compatriot Rulli, who could do nothing.

Then came the changes, Emery's attempt to change the trend and make the curve of his particular Dow Jones go up, but Osasuna was a solvent team all afternoon, and despite the final harassment, they didn't have too many troubles.

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