No TV channels or online streams found for this match.
Osasuna vs Almería Match Preview
Navarra will host one of Sunday's late games, and even though other matches might be receiving major international attention, Osasuna and UD Almeria know much more than three points will be in play. CA Osasuna will be visiting Real Madrid the following week, and thus offering a victory to the crowds on the debut match will be utterly important. Juanfran Torres valued the fact that the team managed to retain its identity in the ever changing Spanish market, "Our labor philosophy is one of strong principles. We believe we're improving, and this should have some impact on the table" were his words. Jose Antonio Camacho should be facing this game calmly, as he'll be able to make us of any player on his squad, fully fit for Sunday's match. Some weak pre-season confrontations showed that many riddles are to be solved prior to this match, for the Rojillos have not been able to offer many answers on the field.
"If we're able to take the lead on the first minutes, then we might bring back the memories of Rojillos' pre-season shame. I believe we, on the other hand, have done it well during the summer and the players have performed outstandingly". An enormous self-confidence could be read between Juan Manuel Lillo's previously quoted words. Unlike CA Osasuna, UD Almeria will most likely have to do without Kalu Uche and Marcelo Silva, but the inner logic of the engine remains the same. Argentina's Diego Valeri was the most prolific player of the summer matches, and his role as a play maker will be decisive to break through Osasuna's defense. Defeated by Levante, one of the new comers to the league, the team needs a victory to dispel the biased clouds cast upon UD Almeria's heads
Osasuna vs Almería Match Report
Three matches ended goalless up to now in this first round, and Osasuna and Almeria might have played the most boring game of them all. Juan Lillo's Almeria could have opened the score at the beginning of the game, but Ricardo managed to keep Osasuna's goal shut for the whole match. Not much happened until the end of the game, when Jose Antonio Camacho's substitutions paid off, and two times could the team bag the victory at the end of the match.
Almeria was lost without a player to balance the forces of the team. The midfielders had trouble finding somebody to assist on the attack, and much of the game was played on the midfield, with inaccuracies on both sides. Almeria finished the game with 10 players, as Claudio Garcia was sent off at the end of the match, when the local team could have surprisingly bagged the victory. Both teams will have to struggle for some regularity not to be relegated to the bottom fight before due time.
