Osasuna 2 - Valladolid 1

Osasuna: Nuno; Alfonso, Cruchaga, Aitor Ocio, Iban Pérez, Llorens; Alex Fernández; Alfredo, Gancedo; Iván Rosado (Armentano 85'), Sabino (Lekumberri 80'). 5-3-2.
Valladolid: Bizzarri; Torres Gómez, García Calvo, Peña (Ciric 75'), Heinze, Marcos; Fernando Sales, Jesús, Eusebio (Ricchetti 58'); Fernando, Pachón (Alberto 77'). 5-3-2.

Team changes: Osasuna: Aitor Ocio for Vidakovic / Valladolid: Peña, Fernando Sales for Caminero, Antonio López.

Goals:
1-0. 59. Iván Rosado. Glancing header into bottom of net after Alex free kick.
2-0. 64. Iván Rosado. Took pass from Alfredo and rounded Bizzarri.
2-1. 91. García Calvo. Shot from outside of area which took deflection off defender.

Two goals in a four minute period in the second half by Iván Rosado, his first at the Sadar stadium since joining the club in summer, gave Osasuna their second victory in a row and took them to within four points of climbing out of the relegation zone. Valladolid had come to Pamplona looking for a draw, preferably without goals by the look of it, and Pancho Ferraro drafted in an extra defender Peña in a five man defence. If anything they had the better of a dull first half, Heinze joining the attack to head just over the bar and Nuno saving from Sales and Pachón.

After the break Osasuna picked up their ideas, with Gancedo for once looking effective with two early attempts at goal before Rosado's double strike. Ferraro had two changes left, and he with Caminero out injured and Harold Lozano only just returning after a long injury, he opted to put on Ciric and Alberto. It was a bit too late though, and although García Calvo did get one back in injury time, the three points went to the home side.

To make matters worse for the visitors, Jesús was sent off in injury time for a second bookable offence, and the insults he made to referee Esquinas Torres on the way off the field could leave him with a lengthy ban given his poor disciplinary record this season. The result probably keeps Miguel Angel Lotina in a job for another month or so, and leaves Valladolid a little bit further away from the European places in twelfth spot.