If last season “Osasuna” stopped at the 11th position, then in the current championship it started beyond praise. The Pamplonians pleased with their team play and performance, but they lacked an elementary margin of safety, which ultimately brought the team to the usual tenth position before this round. On account of “health” there are five successful fights and six peaceful outcomes, which brought them 21 points. The weakest link is the attack line, which has differed only 15 times, while allowing the team to concede more goals per game. After a series of failures, the Blue-Reds drew twice with Elche (1:1) and Levante (0:0). In the last match in Valencia, it was clear that the main problem of the team is precisely with the implementation, because one shot on target in 90 minutes is unlikely to correspond to the level of La Liga. The hosts successfully started in the Spanish Cup, where they defeated San Agustin at the first stage (4:0). Areso, Ibanez and Perez Juan, who has a muscle injury, will not be able to play today.
Atalanta sets itself more ambitious tasks and at the moment it successfully copes with their implementation. Gianpiero Gasperini’s team is fourth in the table with 34 points and is already seven points ahead of the nearest rival from below. This advantage allows us to look to the future with optimism. Atalanta lost 2:3 at home to Villarreal in the Champions League this week, failing to make it to the playoffs of the tournament.
