UEFA Cup

Osasuna 3 - Odense 1

Osasuna: Ricardo; Javier Flaño, Josetxo, Cruchaga, Corrales; David López (Muñoz 87'), Puñal, Nekounam, Valdo; Soldado (Romeo 68'), Milosevic (Raúl García 80'). 4-4-2.
Odense: Onyszko; Ophaug, Laursen, Christensen, Sorensen; Borre, Hansen, Bechara (Fevang 71'), Borring; Grahn, Lekic.4-4-2.

Goals:
1-0. 28. Puñal. Beat Onyszko with long shot in off crossbar.
2-0. 65. Puñal. Shot from outside of area which deflected in off defender.
2-1. 72. Puñal (own goal). Turned cross past own keeper trying to clear.
3-1. 85. Romeo. Beat keeper with low shot.

Osasuna kept their hopes of qualifying for the next round alive after a 3-1 win over Odense, Puñal scoring a strange "hat-trick", two for his own side and one for the opponents. The Danish side almost caught out the Spaniards early on, with Bechara going close in an incident which left keeper Ricardo with a bad cut on the cheek. But Nekounam shot just wide at the other end, and with just under half an hour on the clock Puñal put his side ahead with a spectacular volley after David López's corner was only partly cleared.

Twenty minutes in to the second half Puñal made it two with a shot which took a slight deflection off Hansen, but seven minutes later the midfielder was in the wrong place at the wrong time to deflect Borre's cross past his own keeper. David López hit the post though and Soldado missed another chance as the locals looked to increase the lead, and Romeo did get the third near the end after a shot from David López was blocked. Osasuna move up to third, level on points with their opponents and with Lens, and a draw in Palma in a fortnight's time will see them through.