First Division - Day 33

Osasuna 2 - Sporting Gijón 2

Osasuna: Sirigu; Buñuel, Oier, Vujadinovic (Steven Mondragón 09’), Fuentes, Carlos Clerc; Roberto Torres (De las Cuevas 75’), Fausto Tienza (Fran Mérida 56‘), Causic; Sergio León, Kenan Kodro. 5-3-2.
Sporting: Cuéllar; Douglas, Jorge Meré, Babín, Canella; Sergio Alvarez (Carlos Castro 70’), Mikel Vesga; Carmona (Víctor Rodríguez 63‘), Moi Gómez, Burgui (Akram Afif 89’); Duje Cop. 4-2-3-1.

Goals:
1-0. 19. Jorge Meré (own goal). Turned Torres cross in to net pressured by Kodro.
2-0. 72. Kodro. Connected with Torres square pass to fire shot past Cuéllar.
2-1. 79. Canella. Latched on to loose ball in area and struck shot past Sirigu.
2-2. 81. Carols Castro. Steered shot past keeper after Cop lifted ball across.

Yellow cards: Moi Gómez 36’, Sergio Alvarez 45’, Fausto Tienza 49’, Jorge Meré 62’, Burgui 71’, Kenan Kodro 73’, Fuentes 91’.

Sporting Gijón moved to within four points of escaping the drop zone after a 2-2 draw at bottom club Osasuna on Saturday evening, although they will feel that they missed an opportunity to close up further on seventeenth placed Leganés after a couple of poor refereeing decisions went against them. Burgui in particular felt hard done by when an early goal was ruled out for a non-existent offside, and a few minutes later the locals took the lead when Jorge Meré turned a Roberto Torres cross in to his own net under pressure from Kenan Kodro. Duje Cop went close a couple of times before the break, and Burgui had a good penalty appeal turned down, but with twenty minute to go Kodro connected with a square pass from Torres to put the home side two up.The Asturians bounced back however with two goals in as many minutes, Canella firing home the first after Oier could only deflect a Burgui centre in to his path, and Carlos Costa netting the second after Cop lifted the ball across the area with his heel, but a brilliant save by Sirigu near the end deprived Castro of scoring the winner.