Espanyol 1 v Osasuna 0
By: Armando | November 4th, 2008
This is more like it. I know that we were facing bottom feeder Osasuna and Camacho big sweaty armpits but it’s a great day when you play your game and your captain scores a beautiful striker’s goal. It was a typical Raul Tamudo strike; lunchbox in hand, a meat-and-potatoes goal where he was pinched between two defenders in the box and rushed by the Osasuna keeper and he pokes it through, feebly sure but no less a goal than a 35 yard wonder-strike. He missed another penalty earlier on, missing wide right, but that’s becoming a habit of his that I’m not sure is going to break this late in his career (maybe time to think about another penalty taker perhaps?)
Quick Hits: Uno: It was nice to see the 3 points attached to the score sheet, especially since we turned an assured 1-2 win to the gallegos at segunda division Celta Vigo into a 2 all draw midweek in the Copa del Rey. Dos: On the injury front- defenders Steve Finnan and Javi Chica are due to be back from niggling injuries but the Osasuna match gave us another shattering blow to Ivan de la Pena health. This time it looks like he’s broken his left fibula which means a few weeks in a cast and some more weeks of rehab afterwards. The papers say 4 to 5 weeks but that’s still up in the air. We’d better start thinking soon about getting someone as his apprentice because his shelf-life is getting to be pretty short. The name Diego Buonanotte from River Plate of Argentina has been mentioned but he’s probably looking at Italy.
Category: Espanyol Team News
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