Osasuna in deep trouble!!

By: Shane | March 25th, 2008

Yours truly is disappointed, even more so than that time he went to see ‘No country for old men’ expecting the greatest film of all time according to the critics and found it hard to keep awake. Am I the only person in the world that hated that film?
Anyhow, everything was set up for an Osasuna victory.
1) we were doing ever so well at home, four consecutive victories in El Sadar . (2-1 against Almeria, 3-1 against Atletico, 1-0 against Zaragoza and 2-1 against Athletic).
2) Our rival Betis were supposed to be distracted. They claimed to be the victims of a massive anti-Betis conspiracy aimed at relegating the verdiblancos. I suspect the throwing of missiles by the crowd and having a complete gangster as a major shareholder and ex-president (Ruiz De Lopera) have something to do with it.
3) And finally because Osasuna have been stuffing Betis over the last 3 games, last one being a 0-3 victory by the rojillos in the Manuel Ruiz de Lopera stadium.
But of course disappointingly Betis did not read the script. They came, they had 2 shots on target and took all 3 points from el Reyno de Navarra. Although the victory was totally undeserved and Osasuna should have at least got something out of the game, two penalties for example, Osasuna find themselves in deep caca (and not the Brazilian type).
Not only did we loose to Betis thanks to a goal by Liverpool reject and Chilean Mark Gonzales. Me being part Chilean makes it more bitter.
But Romero, Javi Garcia and Ludovic Delporte join the already densely populated injured list. The latest further emphasising the school of thought that he must be made of at least 75% glass this being the sixth serious injury of his career.
We are now facing the prospect of travelling to Getafe with a weak squad. As if facing the Azulones was not difficult enough. Although they lost this weekend against Athletic, Getafe are enjoying 9th position in the table, have a quarter final clash to look forward to against Bayer Munich in the Uefa cup. As if this was not enough, Laudrup’s men have reached the Copa del Rey final for the second year in a row and face Valencia on april 16th to be held in the Bernabeu. Not fair is it?