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Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24
by
mamesso
on 05/09/2023, 05:04:37 UTC
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I have to say it was a good performance from Barcelona in this match. Great goal from Barcelona in the first half, a great jump as well as a great header by Kounde. The goal from Osasuna was also good as well, with great finishing to make it even.

I actually cannot blame Osasuna for giving away the penalty. At that point, maybe it was actually a better decision to take a chance and hope for the opponent to miss the penalty, and it was probably the only way to delay the goal that was eventually going to happen. But the red card was definitely a bad situation for Osasuna. However, the red card would obviously have been worth it if they could walk away with one point from this match.
Osasuna was able to provide great resistance against Barcelona, they played very disciplined even though they conceded the goal first through Kounde beautiful header, but Osasuna managed to change the score to 1-1 through the action of substitute Ezequiel Avila. Osasuna almost managed to hold Barcelona to a draw if the players didn't make a mistake which made the referee award a penalty to Barcelona, Lewandowski didn't waste this opportunity, he managed to execute the penalty perfectly which made the score change to 1-2 for Barcelona's victory.

Even though Barcelona managed to get three points at Osasuna headquarters, I think Osasuna game is better than Barcelona. Xavi must apply more discipline to his players in maintaining defense, Ter Stegen performance was very brilliant in this match, he managed to repel attacks several times from Osasuna players.