Barcelona surrenders their a 12-year unbeaten run against Osasuna as Ante Budimir and Bryan Zaragoza inspired Los Rojillos to an impressive 4-2 win on Saturday night.
Hansi Flick suffered his first LaLiga loss as Barcelona manager in the hands of Osasuna, whom they’ve not lost to since a 3-2 loss at the Estadio El Sadar in February 2012.
Hansi Flick made several changes to the regular starting XI as the trio of Lamine Yamal, Marc Casaso and Raphinha were rested, making way for the likes of Pau Victor, Ferran Torres and Pablo Torre.
Barcelona surrenders a 12-year dominance in Osasuna loss
The host took a 2-0 lead to the half-time break as goals from Ante Budimir and Bryan Zaragoza had them in dreamland. Pau Victor halved the deficit eight minutes after the restart as Barcelona pushed for a comeback.
However, Ante Budimir restored the host’s two-goal cushion from the penalty spot after Sergi Dominguez was penalized for a foul on the Croatian striker inside the penalty area with 18 minutes left to play.
Osasuna put the game out of Barcelona’s reach with five minutes of normal time left to play as substitution Abel Brentones unleashed a thunderbolt from distance, leaving Inaki Pena with no chance of making a save.
Lamine Yamal added one more consolation for Barcelona with a fine strike from outside of the box as it finished 4-2 to the host, with Barcelona suffering a defeat to Osasuna for the first time in more than 12 years.
