Jose Bordalas turns water into wine as Getafe and Osasuna celebrate in La Liga finale

Jose Bordalas turns water into wine as Getafe and Osasuna celebrate in La Liga finale Getafe 1-0 Osasuna Neither Getafe nor Osasuna expected to be in the position they came into in the final game of the season, with the former in control of their own destiny to reach the Conference League. Osasuna manager Alessio Lisci even admitted that he was caught out by Los Rojillo being involved in the five-team scramble for the last three spots in La Liga on the final day of the season. Both sides knew there was a high chance that only one of them would be celebrating come the final whistle though.

Osasuna certainly began the happier, with early set-pieces applying the pressure, and Raul Garcia de Haro escaping in behind for the first chance, following a brilliant take and ball over his back and the defence, David Soria was equal to the shot. As Los Azulones so often do though, they manage to take a fire extinguisher to any momentum that was being built. Like two boxers practicing their footwork, neither got close enough to the other to throw a punch that could connect for the rest of the opening period.

Whether conscious or not, results elsewhere were keeping Getafe in their Conference League spot, and Osasuna in La Liga, and the half-time whistle went, a goal felt like an impossible outcome. Getafe: A side that enjoys defending The start of the second half seemed to be following a similar pattern, but as the hour-mark arrived, Getafe struck from nowhere. After Mauro Arambarri failed to get a shot off on the edge of the box, Luis Milla made sure he did, and Alejandro Catena’s deflection made sure that Sergio Herrera could get nowhere near it.

In what is likely to be his final game at the club, ‘Milla, stay’ rang out after the initial wild celebrations. With 20 minutes to go, Osasuna were still above the drop zone, but Los Rojillo were duty-bound to seek an equaliser. Lisci became more and more irate though as he watched his side fail to find rhythm, or even force the home side back on a territorial basis.