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Osasuna Prevails in a Hard-Fought Match Against Valencia
Pamplona witnessed an intense match where Osasuna secured victory against Valencia. The encounter, held at Estadio El Sadar, was defined by key moments. In the 9th minute, Ante Budimir opened the scoring for the home side, capitalizing on an assist from V. Rosier. However, the match took a dramatic turn in the 22nd minute with the expulsion of J. Gaya, leaving Valencia with ten men.
Despite being a man down, Valencia fought hard, but Osasuna controlled the game with 56% possession. The home side generated a greater number of opportunities, with 16 total shots, although only 4 of them were on target. Valencia, on the other hand, barely troubled the opposing goal with 4 shots, one of them on target.
The match referee, Jesus Gil Manzano, showed a total of four yellow cards, two for Osasuna and one for Valencia, in addition to the straight red card to Gaya. The match was characterized by intensity and numerous fouls committed by both teams. In the end, numerical superiority and Budimir’s early goal were enough for Osasuna to take all three points.
Substitutions valencia: at minute 26 D. Raba came in and J. Vazquez went out., at minute 67 J. Guerra came in and F. Ugrinic went out., at minute 67 L. Rioja came in and M. Diakhaby went out., at minute 78 Pepelu came in and B. Santamaria went out., at minute 78 J. Copete came in and H. Duro went out.
Substitutions osasuna: at minute 62 V. Munoz came in and R. Garcia went out., at minute 78 A. Oroz came in and R. Garcia went out., at minute 79 L. Torro came in and J. Herrando went out., at minute 84 M. Gomez came in and A. Osambela went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Osasuna

Valencia

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