Athletic plays the last game of the season at San Mamés on Sunday. The rojiblancos receive Osasuna from half past seven in the afternoon with the urgent need to win, but they will find a dangerous visitor in front of them for two reasons.
The group led by Jagoba Arrasate, who has already won over the fans of El Sadar thanks to his good work and his naturalness, arrives in Bilbao without pressure, with the duties of permanence done for a long time and trying to put pressure on Athletic and Villarreal in case there is any possibility of accessing the seventh place that will allow them to play the Conference League next season. At the moment he is five points behind the people from Bilbao. The normal thing in these cases is that the team that plays the most can, but sometimes the opposite happens and those who do not have a clear objective bring out the best of themselves to put in a lot of trouble those who have the most need.
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The Athletic-Osasuna match will be played at 7:30 p.m.
In addition, the rojillos are having a great season away from home. So much so that they have added more points on their trips (25) than at home (22) and that they are the sixth team in the League as a visitor, only surpassed by Real Madrid (41), Barça (34), Betis (32) and Atlético and Sevilla, both with 27. Behind the Navarrans are Real Sociedad (24) and the Lions (21).
Osasuna arrives in Bilbao after three consecutive starts without losing, with a win against Valencia on matchday 32 and two draws against Elche and Espanyol, both 1-1, in their last two trips. This was also the result they achieved on Wednesday at home against Getafe, with a goal from Oier Sanjurjowho will leave the club after fourteen seasons as a rojillo, and another at his own door Lucas Torro that prevented the victory of the local team.
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The set of slay It was a real gale away from home in the first part of the season. He achieved four wins in a row against Cádiz (2-3), Alavés (0-2), Mallorca (2-3) and Villarreal (1-2) and a draw with Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeú before suffering his first defeat in the visit to Sevilla (2-0) already on the twelfth day (October 30, 2021).
On Sunday they arrive in Bilbao with the intention of embittering the rojiblancos in the afternoon. After drawing against those of Quique Sanchez Flores, slay highlighted the importance of the derby. “We have a beautiful game in San Mamés. We will try to compete and win because it is a special match for our fans”, said the man from Berriatua.
