Osasuna 4-2 FC Barcelona: The leader is beaten and ends the unbeaten streak

FC Barcelona visited Osasuna at El Sadar in the match corresponding to matchday 8 of LaLiga EA Sports 2024-2025. The team led by Hansi Flick, who took to the field with a new starting eleven, suffered their first defeat of the season in the League against a combative red-and-white team (4-1). However, the Catalans have 21 points out of a possible 24 and remain the sole leaders of the championship.

The defeat can be understood from the physical exhaustion of the squad due to the tight schedule, a factor that forced Flick to make massive rotations in Pamplona. With five starters on the bench, Barça suffered excessively during the first 45 minutes, where Ante Budimir and Bryan Zaragoza were in charge of putting Vicente Moreno's men ahead at home.

After returning from the changing rooms, the reaction of the blaugranas was not long in coming and Pau Víctor gave hope with a comeback by taking advantage of a serious error by Sergio Herrera. However, and despite the efforts of the Catalans, Budimir and Bretones ended up deciding the match in favour of Osasuna. Lamine Yamal reduced the gap with a goal to remember when the match was dying, but it was not enough to avoid the first league defeat of the season.

The end of a historic streak

In this way, the streak of seven victories in the first seven games of Hansi Flick's team comes to an end, entering the golden books of the club as one of the best league starts in the history of the blaugranas. However, the culés will remain sole leaders of the tournament, regardless of what happens between Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid this coming Sunday. Now, the focus is on the Champions League, where they will seek their first European victory against Young Boys next Tuesday, October 1.

Match details: Osasuna 4-2 FC Barcelona

• Osasuna: Sergio Herrera; Areso (Vidal, min. 84), Boyomo, Catena, Juan Cruz (Herrando, min. 84); Pablo Ibáñez, Lucas Torró, Rubén García (Peña, min. 59); Bryan Zaragoza (Bretones, min. 77), Budimir (García, min. 77) y Aimar Oroz.
• FC Barcelona: Iñaki Peña; Koundé, Cubarsí, S. Domínguez (Fort, min. 85), Gerard Martín (Balde, min. 70); Pablo Torre (Raphinha, min. 59), Pedri, Eric García; Ferran Torres, Lewandowski (Casadó, min. 70) y Pau Víctor (Lamine Yamal, min. 59).
• Referee: Cuadra Fernández.
• Indicents: Match corresponding to Matchday 8 of LaLiga EA Sports 2024-25
• Goals: 1-0, Ante Budimir (min. 18); 2-0, Bryan Zaragoza (min. 28); 2-1, Pau Víctor (min. 53); 3-1, Ante Budimir (min. 72, P); 4-1, Bretones (min. 85); 4-2, Lamine Yamal (min. 89).