Osasuna stuns Barcelona 4-2 and stops it from tying club record for best season start

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Bryan Zaragoza scored one aim and arrange one other to spark Osasuna’s beautiful 4-2 win over Barcelona on Saturday, dealing the Spanish league chief its first loss.

The lightning-fast ahead on mortgage from Bayern Munich crossed for Ante Budimir to open the scoring within the seventeenth minute. Zaragoza then confirmed some fancy high-speed dribbling to spherical goalkeeper Iñaki Peña on the break for 2-0 within the twenty eighth.

Barcelona was enjoying with three youth gamers and one, Pau Víctor, pulled one again for the guests within the 53rd, however Budimir earned and transformed a penalty to place the end result past doubt within the 72nd. Osasuna’s Abel Bretones made it 4-1 within the eighty fifth and substitute Lamine Yamal scored Barcelona’s second aim.

Barcelona recorded wins within the first seven rounds. An eighth victory would have equaled a membership report established in 2013. Barcelona misplaced its opener within the Champions League 2-1 at Monaco final week.

“It hurts. We wished to make it eight of eight, however we didn’t play our greatest recreation,” mentioned Barcelona ahead Ferran Torres, who hit the publish late.

Barcelona remained atop the league at 4 factors forward of Actual Madrid earlier than the defending champion visits Atletico Madrid in a derby on Sunday. Osasuna moved into sixth place and stayed unbeaten in Pamplona on this marketing campaign with 4 wins and a draw.

Again in Spain

Zaragoza surprised Barcelona when he reduce from the left nook to open house earlier than whipping in an in-swinging cross previous marker Jules Koundé. Budimir did the remainder by shouldering Pau Cubarsí out of the best way and thumping his header off the turf and past the attain of Peña.

It was quickly 2-0 when Osasuna recovered the ball midfield and Pablo Ibánez instantly launched Zaragoza on a fast assault with an extended move that performed him clear behind the line of defense.

Zaragoza confirmed why Bayern signed him by feinting a shot earlier than performing a rollover whereas at full velocity to glide previous Peña and poke the ball residence.

“We needed to go on the market to chunk,” Zaragoza mentioned.

He loved a breakout 2022-23 season at Granada the place he scored 11 targets earlier than he was signed by Bayern on a contract via 2029. However after solely seven appearances for the German powerhouse, it despatched him to Osasuna to realize enjoying time. His aim in opposition to Barcelona was his first since his return to La Liga.

Rotations for Barcelona

Dealing with a 3rd league recreation in every week, Hansi Flick rotated his lineup by leaving Yamal, Raphinha, Íñigo Martínez and Alejandro Balde on the bench. Of their place, Flick as soon as once more dipped into Barcelona’s youth squad and gave begins to 19-year-old Sergi Dominguez and 22-year-olds Víctor and Gerard Martín.

However a backline with Martín and Domínguez and the 17-year-old Cubarsí, and anchored by Peña making his second begin rather than the injured Marc-Andre ter Stegen, was lower than the stress of El Sadar.

“It’s regular that we’ve rotations, we play a number of video games,” Barcelona’s Pedri González mentioned. “It It could’t be an excuse. The 11 of us needed to go on the market able to play, however the halftime rating was an excessive amount of.”

Subsequent for Barcelona is Younger Boys within the Champions League on Tuesday.

Different outcomes

Colombia midfielder James Rodríguez made his first begin since he joined Rayo Vallecano, in a 1-1 draw with Leganes.

Actual Sociedad beat Valencia 3-0. Getafe beat Alaves 2-0 at residence.

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