With the memory of the farewell of the still FC Barcelona player, Gerard Piqué, Barcelona visits El Sadar this Tuesday with the aim of continuing to maintain the pulse with Real Madrid in the classification. It will be measured against Osasuna after having achieved four consecutive victories in the League since losing at the Santiago Bernabeu. On the other side of the board, the team from Navarra faces the final stretch before the break for the World Cup with morale through the roof after achieving 10 of the last 12 points at stake, which has allowed them to climb to European positions in the standings.
The match between Osasuna and Barcelona in La Liga will be played at El Sadar and can be seen on television from 9:30 p.m. on Movistar LaLiga. The La Vanguardia website will also offer live minutes of the match. Check here the rest of the matches of the Santander League, the Osasuna calendar, the Barcelona calendar and the statistics of the Santander League. You can also check the classification of the Santander League.
Barcelona still haven't recovered the injured Araújo, Kessié, Memphis, Sergi Roberto and Koundé. The question is whether Gerard Piqué, summoned for what will be his last game with the Blaugrana shirt, will have minutes after his emotional farewell to the Camp Nou. It was there that Gerard Piqué admitted that the last six months "have been difficult" for him and that leaving after completing 83 good minutes of the duel against Almería (2-0), in which he started, felt liberated.
"I had never thought about leaving. You always think about going on for another year and I didn't think about withdrawing, but things happen in a way that in the end you have to make a decision. These six months have been very difficult, it has been seen, and today has been a liberation", affirmed the center-back in declarations to DAZN.
Piqué said that from now on "life goes on" and expressed his desire to face "the next stage". And, in this sense, he added: "Now a thousand things are opening up, I have to organize myself. This is my home, I was born here, it was time to separate paths, give ourselves air and come back stronger".
Osasuna hosts Barcelona at El Sadar after Navarre's great triumph against RC Celta (1-2) at Balaídos. Those of Jagoba Arrasate face the match against the Catalan team in their best moment of the season, with 23 points in thirteen league games. They have three wins and a draw in the last four games.
Barcelona already knows what will be found on Tuesday at El Sadar. Among many other things, they must find a way to stop a Chimy Ávila with 6 goals to his credit, who will surely be eager to walk the red and blue colors next year through Europe.
Ez Abde will not be. The striker on loan from FC Barcelona has a clause in his contract that prevents him from playing against the Blaugrana, as is the case with Nico González. In addition, the Moroccan winger has suffered muscular discomfort since the end of October, which is why he has been absent in the last two games. Osasuna fans will fill the El Sadar stadium to bid farewell to Osasuna before the World Cup break in Qatar, which will end on December 18 with the grand final.
Osasuna: Aitor Fernández; Rubén Peña, Unai García, David García, Juan Cruz; Lucas Nougat; Chimy Ávila, Moncayola, Aimar, Moi Gómez; Budimir
Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Bucket, Christensen, Mark Alonso, Dawn; De Jong, Pedri, Gavi; Raphinha, Lewadowski and Ferran Torres.
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (C. Extremeño)
Stadium: El Sadar.
