A great goal from Pablo Ibañez gives Osasuna glory against Athletic Club and puts them in the Cup final – Spain’s News

A subtle touch, a precise finish of Pablo Ibanez in extra time, with the inside of his right boot from the edge of the area, without letting the ball bounce, and glory for Osasunawho will play the second final of the Copa del Rey of their history in a game that was expected: a lot of pressure from Athletic Club, the resistance of the people of Pamplona and taking advantage of the opportunity they had. And he came to him in an extension in which he was already being better, with the presence of Chimy Avila. “I haven’t even seen the ball go in,” said Pablo, excited, the protagonist, from Osasuna all his life, on Teledeporte.

Athletic played in San Mamés with a record attendance and that is like having one more footballer on the pitch, especially in the Cup. Each approach, each ball that flies into the area or each corner is received with a common shout. And the team started valverde with many approaches of that type. Apart from his stadium, intensity is his great weapon and he soon fenced off the goal of Sergio Herrerawith quick recoveries and rises on the wings, occupied by the two brothers williamswith Guruzeta above. The striker was the first to test the Navarrese goalkeeper, who covered him well and celebrated each intervention as if it were a goal, encouraging himself and his teammates, who couldn’t get out of their field. The second time Herrera intervened, he cleared a header from From Marcos and also went crazy. He did enough to stop that shot, but he had no choice but to throw the ball for a corner. In the corner kick he intervened vesga to prolong the play and for Iñaki Williams to stretch and catch the ball to take it to the net.

The plan worked for Athletic Club, who wanted a strong start and managed to tie the tie. Only once did Osasuna threaten kike garciaa lifelong striker, who knows how to play from behind or from the front, to hit anyone, but his shot was met by the fists of aguirrezabala.

The sign that it was not being the game dreamed of by the rojillos is that abdedecisive in this Cup, he had to run more backwards than forwards, he had to defend From Marcos rather than looking for one on one, the dribbling, the trickery. The footballer on loan from Barcelona left the field at the beginning of a second half that had a similar development. The difference was the precision. Iñaki invented a goal from which there was not much, with faith, but his younger brother, Nico, sent two to the clouds in which he started with a clear advantage. The winger couldn’t believe it when the ball went over the crossbar after a fantastic delivery from his relative or when he hit badly after Herrera parried the shot from Raul GarciaValverde’s only change in the 90 minutes.

Osasuna stretched a little more, but failed to generate real danger. Yes, he resisted and made the suffering not constant, but at times. The team from Pamplona sought more offensive presence with Kike Barja and Brasanacand since he knew that the ball was not going to be his in any case, for extra time he entered Chimy Avilawhich made the difference with their runs into spaces.

He managed to calm down the Osasuna game a bit and even had more clarity up top, with a shot off Chimy and another from Barja. But a corner is a corner at San Mamés, as Rajoy would say, and Vesga’s header forced Sergio Herrera to have to stretch again. The game seemed destined for penalties, but Pablo Ibáñez said no.

Data sheet

1- Athletic Club: Aguirrezabala, De Marcos, Yeray, I. Martínez, Yuri, Vesga, Sancet, I. Williams, Muniain, N. Williams, Guruzeta. Changes: Raúl García for Guruzeta (81′), Vivian for Yeray (91′), Zarraga for Nico Williams (99′), Berenguer for Muniain (99′) and Malcom for Sancet (110′). Coach: Valverde.

1-Osasuna: S. Herrera, Moncayola, Aridane, David García, Juan Cruz, Lucas Torró, Aimar Oroz, Moi Gómez, Rubén García, Kike García, Abde. Changes: Brasanac for Rubén García (66′), Kike Barja for Abde (66′), Manu Sánchez for Moi Gómez (83′), Chimy Ávila for (Kike García 91′) and Pablo Ibáñez for Aimar Oroz (100′). Coach: Go ahead.

Referee: Del Cerro Grande (Madrid Committee). He admonished Vesga, Sancet, Lucas Torró and Brasanac.

Incidents: 51,544 spectators, a record in the history of the new San Mamés. The first leg was won by Osasuna 1-0.