Osasuna are just a few steps away from their historic first Copa del Rey victory, but the path to the semi-finals for the Pamplona team has been challenging, albeit exciting. El Sadar finally got excited after Abde Ezzalzouli’s 99th-minute goal against Sevilla (2:1) during the quarter-finals. Their third consecutive Copa del Rey game to go out of normal time. Ironically, it was Ezzalzouli who once again became the hero of the match against none other than Sevilla as Osasuna finally ended their four-game unbeaten streak following their success in the quarter-finals. Thanks to this success, the team remained in the top six of La Liga. Terei can be compared to the club’s golden era in the mid-2000s, when the Blue-Reds reached their only Copa del Rey final (2004/05) and last competed in UEFA competition (2006/07). Pena and Garcia, who has a muscle injury, will not be able to play.
The 23-time winner of the Cup and traditionally the main contender for the title of winner in this tournament stands in the way of the Pamplonians today. However, if the Basques reached the final for the last time in 2021, they won the trophy in the distant tournament of the King’s Cup in the 1983/84 season. The only advantage of the guests is the statistics, according to which the team won in five of the last six head-to-head matches of Osasuna. Ernesto Valverde, who won this trophy with Barcelona both as a player (1989/90) and as a manager (2017/18), as well as several other various cup titles, remains the main hero of the cup battles in the team. Now he will need to use this experience in a match between two clubs that are separated by just one point in the top half of the La Liga standings. Williams, Simon, Herrera, Garcia and Alvarez, who has a muscle injury, will not enter the football field today. More soccer football prediction can be obtained from the link provided.
