Osasuna This Saturday he starred in the surprise of the eighth day of LaLiga EA Sports, winning and scoring against the hitherto intractable Hansi Flick’s Barça for a resounding 4-2. The Pamplona night was long in celebration, because without a doubt the match will be remembered for a long time among the rojillos.
The oldest of these fans also relived another duel against the Blaugrana team. From ago, neither more nor less, 40 years. Because he January 15, 1984, During matchday 19 of the 1983-84 campaign, Osasuna received Barça at El Sadar. And it solved with the same result as on Saturday, a resounding 4-2, that visit.
He Barça arrived in Pamplona as third placewhile Osasuna was 14thhaving played eight games at home, where they had added 13 of their 15 points (at that time the victory was paid with two points): six wins, one draw and one defeat in eight games. As a visitor they had only one win and nine losses.
That was the Barça of Menotti, Maradona and Shuster. And Osasuna had Ivan Brzic of already historic coach like Lecumberri, Rípodas, Lumbreras, Echeverría, Patxi Iriguibel or Enrique Martín on the team. Was Iriguibel who opened the scoring at 8 minutes, which Echeverria at 11 and Ripodas At 20 they expanded to a 3-0 lead that made El Sadar explode with joy.
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Maradona reduced distances from the penalty spot at 38 but Enrique Martin, quarter of an hour after the restart, he returned the three-goal advantage to the Navarrese team (4-1), who saw how again the Argentine ’10’and also from the fatal point, signed the final 4-2 at 85.
A triumph especially suffered because Echeverría saw the red at 50 minuteswhich left Osasuna in inferiority for the last 40 minutes of the game, in which he scored his fourth goal. A historic victory that this Saturday, 40 years later, It was repeated to the joy of the Navarrese fans.