Bilbao (Saturday, May 11, 2024) – Club Atlético Osasuna (11-17-17, 40 points) earned a point on the road with a 2-2 draw against Athletic Club (17-11-7, 62 points) at San Mamés on Saturday night.  

Forward Raúl García scored the opening goal of the game, his fourth of the season, when defender Johan Mojica fired a low-cross, and the striker stuck his leg out to send the ball to the back of the net. Two minutes after the break, midfielder Rubén García collected a pass from Jesús Areso to lead a counter-attack and place the ball behind goalkeeper Unai Simon.

The game started with both teams seeing goals called off due to offside. First, forward Nico Williams thought he had given his team the advantage, but he was caught offside. In the 17th minute, Raúl García seemed to have outrun the home side's backline just to be ruled offside after hitting the net. Later, midfielder Iker Muniain thought he had scored, but the VAR reverted the call and annulled it.  

After Osasuna's second goal, Athletic cut the lead when forward Iñaki Williams fired a right footed shot into the top left corner. Following the goal, los rojillos kept pushing forward with different chances but couldn't score their third goal. In one of those plays, The Joker attempted to dribble past a defender inside the box, but defender Yuri Berchiche stepped on the rojillo, knocking him down; however, neither the referee nor VAR thought the play needed to be reviewed. Following the play, the home side began to gain momentum with transition plays and, in stoppage time, scored the equalizer when forward Asier Villalibre found a rebound inside the six-yard box.

Osasuna will return to action on Tuesday, May 14, in the Club's second-to-last home game of the season to host RCD Mallorca in Week 36 of LaLiga EA Sports. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. CET (6:30 p.m. BST/1:30 p.m. ET) at El Sadar.  

GAME NOTES

- Osasuna and Athletic Club met for the second time this season. In their previous meeting, los rojillos fell against the Lions 2-0 at El Sadar on August 19, 2023. They have met 95 times and 85 on the top flight. Los rojillos now hold a record of 22-29-45 (20-24-42 in the top flight).
- Forward Raúl García scored his fourth goal with Osasuna this season.
- Midfielder Rubén García scored his third goal of the season and his 26th for Osasuna.
- Defender Johan Mojica recorded his third season assist when he set up Raúl García in the game's opening goal.
- Defender Jesús Areso dished his fifth season assist early in the second half when he found Rubén García in a breakaway play.
- Defender Jorge Moreno debuted with Osasuna when he came in as a sub in the 76th minute for defender Jesús Areso.
- Goalkeeper Sergio Herrera made his 190^th appearance for Osasuna.

BOX SCORE
Athletic Club 2-2 CA Osasuna

GOALS:
OSA: Raúl García 4 (Johan Mojica 3) 40’
OSA: Rubén García 3 (Jesús Areso 5) 47’
ATH: Iñaki Williams 12 (Ander Herrera 3) 58’
ATH: Asier Villalibre 2 (unassisted) 90+6’

DISCIPLINE:
ATH: Yuri Berchiche (Yellow Card) 22’
OSA: Jorge Herrando (Yellow Card) 34’
ATH: Ander Herrera (Yellow Card) 45+2’
OSA: Pablo Ibáñez (Yellow Card) 55’
OSA: Alejandro Catena (Yellow Card) 73’
OSA: Rubén García (Yellow Card) 90+2

Athletic Club: Unai Simon; Dani Vivian, Mikel Vesga (Beñat Prados, m. 63), Álex Berenguer (Asier Villalibre, m. 46), Iñaki Williams, Iker Muniain (C) (Raul Garcia, m. 63), Nico Williams (Adu Ares, m. 76), Iñigo Lekue, Yuri Berchiche, Óscar De Marcos, Ander Herrera (Unai Gómez, m. 63)
Subs not used: Julen Agirrezabala; Dani García, Imanol García de Albeniz, Unai Egiluz, Mikel Jaureguizar, Hugo Rincon 

CA Osasuna: Sergio Herrera (C); Lucas Torró, Jesús Areso (Jorge Moreno, m. 76), Rubén García, Rubén Peña (Aimar Oroz, m. 68), Pablo Ibáñez (Juan Cruz, m. 76), Johan Mojica, Raúl García (Jose Arnaiz, m. 76), Alejandro Catena, Jorge Herrando, Iker Muñoz 
Subs not used: Aitor Fernández, Dimitrios Stamatakis; Xabi Huarte, Asier Osambela, Max Svensson 

STATS SUMMARY:
ATH/OSA
Shots: 15/13
Shots on Goal: 6/3
Corners: 8/6
Fouls: 9/14
Offsides: 3/2
Possession: 67%/33%

Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez
Assistant referees: Raúl Cabañero Martínez & Juan José López Mir
Fourth official: Fernando Román Román  
VAR: Carlos Del Cerro Grande 
Assistant VAR: Julián Villaseñor Julián