The Osasuna is in the final of the Glass of Rey! The group directed by Jagoba Arrasate gave the hit in the New Saint Mamés and returns to the decisive instance copera 18 years afterwards, for the second time in his history, after defeating in the global to the Athletic of Bilbao of Ernesto Valverde (2-1). A goal of Pablo Ibáñez in the minute 116 of the lengthen sufficed to the 'rojillos' to save the tie in Basque floor and leave tended to the 'lions'.
After the 1-0 achieved in Pamplona, the eliminatory lucía totally open, with the Athletic like clear favourite. The venues attacked incesantemente from the beginning and only the remarkable interventions of the goalkeeper Sergio Herrera kept the zero in the marker during the first half hour of game. In the 33', Iñaki Williams did justice to the formality of the crash putting the 1-0 after a good definition, after a head butt of Mikel Vesga to the second stick.
The Bilbao wasted countless opportunities
The goal of Iñaki sharpened the command bilbaíno and the '9' expanded the difference five minutes later, but the so much was invalidated by offside confirmed by the VAR. Happened the hour of party, Arrasate substituted to Abde Ezzazouli, author of the goal of the Osasuna in the gone. The extreme yielded by the FC Barcelona had a much more defensive work in Saint Mamés and suffered the wear to play like carrilero by left.
'Kike' Barja ingresó In his place and the 'rojillos' followed replegados in own field, resisting the siege of the venues. However, the Bilbao was losing gas with the happen of the minutes, wasting occasions that finished in the gloves of Herrera or in the grandstand by fault of puntería. After 94 minutes, the referee Of the Big Hill marked the end of the party and did not remain of another that go to the lengthen.
Pablo Ibáñez, the unexpected hero
To the beginning of the extention, the tendency of the 90' statutory kept . Mikel Vesga demanded to Sergio Herrera with a finish encircled to the first stick and the Ahtletic seemed more whole physically. Jagoba Arrasate Gave entry to the mediocentro Pablo Ibáñez in place of Aimar Oroz in the minute 100 and the Osasuna took a second air to the term of the first extention. When the penaltis seemed unavoidable, arrived the golazo that anybody imagined.
In the minute 116, the player of 24 years fished with a fantastic volley of right a centre to half height of Moncayola to beat to Julen Agirrezabala from the frontal of the area. The golazo of the 'rojillos' enmudeció Saint Mamés and left 'KO' to the ones of Ernesto Valverde, without sufficient time to look for the heroic. The Osasuna will contest the second final of the Glass of the King in his history in front of the FC Barcelona or the Real Madrid in The Cartuja the next 6 May. The Wednesday, in the Classical in Camp Nou, desvelará the another finalist.