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Osasuna

Valencia

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Osasuna
    • Valencia
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    • 90+3' The final whistle brings to an end an appalling game of football.
    • 90+3' A free-kick in a dangerous position in the last seconds... Dady - who hit the bar against Sevilla - does not catch this one well and it hits the wall.
    • 90' Three minutes of added time to play.
    • 89' Valencia with a sub: Edu replaces Helguera, who is actually hurt apparently.
    • 87' Osasuna sub: Font off, Margairaz on in his place.
    • 85' Marchena goes to ground to elicit a free-kick when Dady beats him to the ball, much to the chagrin of the home fans.
    • 83' Corrales poleaxed by an elbow from Miguel as he attacks the by-line and is hurt. He is also furious as no decision is awarded to him.
    • 80' Still no sign of a breakthrough, although the teams are getting increasingly fraught.
    • 76' Sunny uses the ball well from a central position that almost brings a goal for Valencia.
    • 75' Osasuna now ring the changes... or the change. Juanfran is on for Plasil.
    • 73' Valencia changes: Vicente off to give flying winger Joaquín a run. Maybe he can instigate a winning move. Villa leaves for Fernando Morientes.
    • 69' Dady shoots at Cañizares, who makes the stop with ease.
    • 68' Vela breaks free on the left and is through on goal if he can control the ball... he cannot and a defender recovers to tackle.
    • 65' Puñal is shown a yellow card for a diabolical tackle on Silva.
    • 64' Valencia are enjoying a spell of possession.
    • 61' The first substitution of the game: the dangerous Dady on for Osasuna with Portillo making way. Walter Pandiani, formerly of Birmingham City, is on the bench too.
    • 60' Los Che have a free-kick on the right that is played across low and Villa goes down! No penalty says the ref. He stays down.
    • 57' Vela shows some more direct play with a dart inside and strike past the far post. Osasuna are having the better opportunities.
    • 57' A win for the Basque outfit would move them to ninth in the table, although they will have played a game more than everyone else. Apart from Valencia of course. They can go level fourth with three points here, alongside Atletico Madrid.
    • 55' Raul Albiol is booked for a late tackle on Vela as he attacked promisingly down the left.
    • 50' Puñal plays a low cross into the area that Plasil strikes first-time and it takes a deflection... Cañizares saves with his legs! That was very close to the first goal.
    • 49' Vela tries a fancy backheel pass that is cut out easily and must leave the home faithful frustrated.
    • 46' The second half undwerway. I'm suprised that there have been no subs to change the match.
    • - No changes at half-time.
    • 45+1' The whistle sounds to end the half. A largely dull first 45 minutes that threatens sometimes to catch alight but never quite makes it.
    • 45' One minute of added time to play.
    • 44' Corrales is caught late by Arizmendi, who was off the pitch having cleared down the touchline. No foul is awarded - this leads to further protestations by irate Osasuna players. Having seen that nothing is given, Corrales begins to roll about clutching his leg.
    • 43' Vela comes in from his left touchline and has a multitude of opportunities to pass or shoot but is hesitant and wastes them all. He is not having a good game despite one flash of skill.
    • 42' Javi Garcia is shown a yellow card for a tackle from behind on Silva near the halfway line.
    • 42' Valencia with the ball... Silva hits one with some power at Ricardo and the 'keeper beats it away while standing. That was close. The match is coming to life.
    • 40' Finally I can go: HUUYYY!!! Czech Plasil strikes a low shot marginally wide of the near post from 25 yards. Cañizares looked beaten.
    • 39' Villa with a burst into the Osasuna box that threatens to turn into a chance on goal before Cruchaga cuts it out.
    • 36' Osauna are not helping themselves - Vela fails to beat the first man with his cross from space on the left then they go all... the... way... back... to... their... goalkeeper... from... a... throw... in... in... the... final... third. Dear oh dear.
    • 34' Miguel attacks down the left for Valencia, whipping a dangerous ball into the arms of Ricardo with Villa inches from getting his head on it at the near post.
    • 30' I won't lie to you: the match is stultified, barren, yawn-inducing stuff at present. But stick with it - there have been flashes of style and there will be more cards plus hopefully goals coming...
    • 26' Corrales is booked for a cynical challenge as Valencia looked to counter. He'll take that with good grace, having stopped the attack.
    • 24' Puñal clips a lovely free-kick from the centre circle that leaves the Valencia defence exposed... Portillo's free header from eight yards out is straight at Cañizares. What a chance to open the scoring.
    • 23' Sunny cracks a shot at goal from distance that stings the fingertips of Ricardo. For a second it looked destined for the top corner...
    • 22' Puñal hits one with his first touch that flies across goal and wide.
    • 18' Silva and Villa ping passes between one another that almost get them through the home back-line. Better stuff to watch.
    • 17' A wayward shot from Osasuna ends high in the stands behind the goal. There is a lack of quality at the moment.
    • 16' There are challenges flying in all over the place. Do not expect this one to end with 22 players on the field.
    • 13' After a prolonged break that ends finally with Miguel getting to his feet to leave the pitch - he is only two yards from the by-line - as the stretcher arrives, Cañizares kicks the ball and we can again watch some football.
    • 11' A yellow card is shown to Helguera by Ramírez Domínguez as he screams at him about the challenge.
    • 11' Plasil, goalscorer against Sevilla, plays it low to Puñal whose first-time strike is blocked. Miguel is on the floor in the box, claiming someone in a red shirt had clawed his face.
    • 10' Mexican international Vela exhibits some silky skill to move inside from the right and wins a feee-kick.
    • 7' Marchena to Villa, who tries to feed a ball through to Silva with a clever backheel. It does not come off and eventually Ricardo drops onto a low cross.
    • 5' Vela, the teenager on loan from Arsenal, sends a long cross past the far post. It is too long for Portillo. The former Real Madrid man likes the ball on his head and was unlucky to miss out in midweek.
    • 2' Valencia, in all white, show intent in the first exchanges as they kick from right to left as we look at it. Osasuna are in red shirts with black shorts.
    • 1' The match kicks off with Cañizares picking streamers from his penalty area.
    • - Osasuna line up with Ricardo between the posts; Enrique Corrales at left-back and Cesar Azpilicueta on the right with Cesar Cruchaga and Miguel Flaño as centre-halves; Puñal, Javi García and Hector Font in midfeild with Carlos Vela on the left and Jaroslav Plasil on the right; Javi Portillo replaces Dady from midweek up front.
    • - Valencia have Santiago Cañizares in goal; Luis Miguel and Emiliano Moretti in the full-back positions with Raul Albiol and Ivan Helguera in the middle; Carlos Marchena and Stefen Sunny in the centre of midfield, Vicente on the left side and Angel Arizmendi the right; David Silva will play behind David Villa in attack.
    • - Los Che are sixth despite their travails under new coach Ronald Koeman, while Osasuna are 13th.
    • - Valencia are in desperate need of a morale boost after Athletic Club thrashed them 3-0 at home last week. Osasuna drew 1-1 at this Reyno de Navarra stadium in midweek against Sevilla.
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  • Team Stats

    Osasuna Stats Valencia
    50% Possession 49%
    17 Shots 7
    5 Shots on target 3
    0 Saves 0
    1 Corners 4
    17 Fouls 21
    2 Offsides 3
    3 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    20 Tackles 17
    221 Accurate passes 222
    53 Bad passes 59

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Osasuna
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Ricardo Ricardo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 0
      7 Cesar Cruchaga 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 0 1
      19 Enrique Corrales 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 19 12 1
      16 Javi Garcia 0 1 0 2 5 0 0 21 1 4
      4 Miguel Flaño 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 22 8 0
      10 Francisco Puñal 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 45 4 3
      6 Jaroslav Plasil 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 9 0 3
      40 César Azpilicueta Tanco 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 13 0 4
      8 Hector Font 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 27 9 1
      21 Carlos Vela 0 2 1 4 5 0 0 13 9 3
      9 Javier Portillo 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 12 7 0
      11 Walter Pandiani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Eduardo Gomes Dady 0 6 2 3 0 0 0 4 1 0
      27 Ion Echaide Sola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Hugo Viana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Juan Elia Vallejo 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Xavier Margairaz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      12 Francisco Juanfran 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
    • Valencia
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Santiago Cañizares 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
      5 Carlos Marchena 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 31 12 5
      24 Emiliano Moretti 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 25 16 1
      23 Luis Miguel 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 14 0 4
      15 Ivan Helguera 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 12 2 0
      4 Raul Albiol Raul Albiol 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 1 2
      21 David Silva 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 42 14 2
      2 Stephen Sunday 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 25 1 2
      14 Vicente Vicente 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 21 7 0
      7 David Villa 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 7 2 0
      19 Javier Arizmendi 0 1 0 2 5 0 0 17 2 1
      16 Juan Manuel Mata García 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      34 Angel Montoro Sanchez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Fernando Morientes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      25 Jose Mora 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Manuel Fernandes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Edu Daud Gaspar 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Joaquín Joaquín 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0

  • Summary

    • - Join us LIVE NOW for Real Madrid's annual daunting trip to Bilbao to face Athletic Club - that one promises to be a whole lot more exciting!
    • 68' Vela breaks free on the left and is through on goal if he can control the ball... he cannot and a defender recovers to tackle.
    • 50' Puñal plays a low cross into the area that Plasil strikes first-time and it takes a deflection... Cañizares saves with his legs! That was very close to the first goal.
    • 42' Valencia with the ball... Silva hits one with some power at Ricardo and the 'keeper beats it away while standing. That was close. The match is coming to life.
    • 40' Finally I can go: HUUYYY!!! Czech Plasil strikes a low shot marginally wide of the near post from 25 yards. Cañizares looked beaten.
    • 34' Miguel attacks down the left for Valencia, whipping a dangerous ball into the arms of Ricardo with Villa inches from getting his head on it at the near post.
    • 24' Puñal clips a lovely free-kick from the centre circle that leaves the Valencia defence exposed... Portillo's free header from eight yards out is straight at Cañizares. What a chance to open the scoring.
    • 23' Sunny cracks a shot at goal from distance that stings the fingertips of Ricardo. For a second it looked destined for the top corner...
    • - Osasuna line up with Ricardo between the posts; Enrique Corrales at left-back and Cesar Azpilicueta on the right with Cesar Cruchaga and Miguel Flaño as centre-halves; Puñal, Javi García and Hector Font in midfeild with Carlos Vela on the left and Jaroslav Plasil on the right; Javi Portillo replaces Dady from midweek up front.
    • - Valencia have Santiago Cañizares in goal; Luis Miguel and Emiliano Moretti in the full-back positions with Raul Albiol and Ivan Helguera in the middle; Carlos Marchena and Stefen Sunny in the centre of midfield, Vicente on the left side and Angel Arizmendi the right; David Silva will play behind David Villa in attack.
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE text commentary on Osasuna versus Valencia in La Liga.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Rafael Ramirez Dominguez

  • Osasuna

    Manager: José Ángel Ziganda Lacunza

    Captain: 10. Patxi Puñal

    On the Field

    • Ricardo
    • Azpilicueta
    • Cruchaga
    • Flaño
    • Corrales
    • Puñal
    • Javi García
    • Plasil
    • Carlos Vela
    • Font
    • Portillo

    Subs

    • 11. Pandiani
    • 20. Viana
    • 1. Elía
    • 12. Torres
    • 17. Flaño
    • 5. Margairaz
    • 18. Dady

    Injured

    • 14. Romero
    • 2. Izquierdo
    • 6. Nekounam
    • 15. Igotz Garde

    Suspended

    None

  • Valencia

    Manager: Ronald Koeman

    Captain: 1. Santiago Cañizares

    On the Field

    • Cañizares
    • Miguel
    • Helguera
    • Albiol
    • Moretti
    • Sunday
    • Marchena
    • Arizmendi
    • Silva
    • Rodríguez
    • Villa

    Subs

    • 9. Morientes
    • 22. Gaspar "Edu"
    • 17. Joaquín
    • 13. Mora
    • 3. Fernandes
    • 16. Mata
    • Montoro

    Injured

    • 25. Hildebrand
    • 6. Albelda
    • 8. Baraja
    • 12. Caneira
    • 20. Alexis

    Suspended

    None