WHOs: Osasuna vs real madrid
What: Spanish Laliga
Or: Stadium El Sadar, Pamplona, Spain
When: Saturday at 9 p.m. (8 p.m. GMT)
Follow the live text of the live text from Al Jazeera Sport and photo comments from the match.
Real Madrid’s title champions are fortunate to extend their lead to the top of Laliga at four points, if only for a few hours, when they go to Osasuna.
Atletico Madrid, second, which drew 1-1 in Real during the last outing of the games, is later in action on Saturday when they entertain Celta Vigo.
Barcelona, which finished second in the league phase of the Champions League, is third in the Spanish elite – two points behind the leaders. The Catalan club goes to Rayo Vallecano high flight on Monday.
With the home draw with Atletico, Real lost his previous championship match during a shock defeat in Espanyol, adding to the pressure heading to the next match while Laliga tightens up.
The form book is not completely against Carlo Ancelotti’s real, however, because his team has won its last two cup games, including their 3-2 victory in Manchester City in their draw of the league qualifiers Champions.
What does Ancelotti say about two Laliga games without victory?
“We are well motivated, and this is an opportunity to keep our heads, which is our goal,” said Madrid manager on Friday.
“It’s going to be a difficult game, of course, but we did well in the last game, and I think we have to confirm it.
“It’s a game where we have to repeat all the good things we have done in the match against City.
“The quality of this team is never in doubt – this is the way to follow.
“This is where the season really starts.”
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– Laliga English (@laligaen) February 13, 2025
Did Ancelotti offer news on the future of Vinicius Junior in Real Madrid?
Ancelotti said he was tired of answering questions about speculation connecting the vinicius jr to move to Saudi Arabia and that he rather wanted to focus on the player’s performance.
Vinicius is supposed to be about to sign a new contract with Real, but a rumor move to Saudi Arabia was again the main objective of the press conference before the Laliga match on Saturday in Osasuna.
“So many questions. Am I tired of this subject? Yes. Am I worried? No. I see him happy? Yes, ”said Ancelotti.
“We are satisfied with him. There is nothing more to add than what I added a week or two weeks ago. We are not talking about this subject here. He doesn’t talk about it either.
“I see him as the same old Vinicius with a lot of desire to do things well. He did it very well in the last game. »»
Has the Rodri banner in Man City upset Vinicius?
The latter match for Real was a 3-2 victory outside City on Tuesday when Vinicius was appointed player of the match.
The Brazilian had been the target of a banner showing the midfielder in the city Rodri with the Ballon d’Or trophy with the legend “stop crying your heart” in reference to the real attacker saying that he would have had to win the award.
“I see him very motivated, especially because of what he did in the match against City, where he had a lot of pressure, and he suffered this pressure very well, making a difference in the game,” said Ancelotti.
“Whether he received an offer or not, I can tell you what I see here, a happy player who wants to do things and make history with this club.”
What are Osasuna’s chances against the real?
With a real involvement in a battle for European survival, Osasuna hopes to capitalize when the leaders of Laliga arrive in El Sadar.
LOS BLANCOS welcomes the Premier League Champions Man City during the return match of its Champions League qualifiers on Wednesday.
Osasuna, 2023, finalists of Copa del Rey, is ninth in the league, but often launch out when the biggest teams in Spain arrive in Pamplona.
In September, they won a 4-2 victory against Barcelona, inflicting what was the first defeat of the Catalans of the season.
The Croatian striker Ante Bumimir scored twice and with 12 goals, only the duo of Barcelona Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha and Kylian Mbappe of Madrid in the ranking.
In January, Bumimir became Osasuna’s record scorer abroad and scored 62 for the club since his arrival for the first time on loan during the 2020-2021 Mallorca season before signing permanently.
Budimir, 33, scored a splint against Real Sociedad at the start of this month to win his team an impressive victory in El Sadar who ended a nine game round in Laliga.
“”[Budimir] Make history. He does his thing and he continues to do it. He’s not going to stop, “said Osasuna’s coach Vicente Moreno.
“He works hard every day and can enter [good or bad] Form races, but he is a player who has won his place, and for us, it is great that he puts them away. »»
The previous negative sequence was launched by a 4-0 defeat by Real Madrid at Santiago Bernabeu, which Osasuna will try to take revenge on Saturday.
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News from the Osasuna team
Osasuna will be missing in suspension of the back at the key center Flavien Boyomo, who marked their late equalizer on Monday in Mallorca.
News from the Real Madrid team
Madrid has a tour of defenders unavailable by an injury. Dani Carvajal and Eder Militao will both miss the rest of the season with knee injuries while Real’s problems in the back were worsened before the city’s match with Antonio Rudiger and David Alaba, both absent from the ‘team that went to Manchester.
Lucas Vazquez was also absent for the first step with a blow and it is unlikely that it is risky in Osasuna.
Tête-à-tête
The teams clashed 46 times with a real winner 31 times.
Osasuna left with a victory in just five of these games.
Real is on a sequence of five consecutive victories against their opponents with Osasuna’s last victory, thanks to a 1-0 victory in January 2011.
Madrid won the League matches of the following season between clubs 7-1 and 5-1. There have been 22 games since Osasuna’s last victory, which Madrid won 18.
