On the evening of December 12, 2021, Beijing time, in the 17th round of La Liga, Barcelona challenged Osasuna away. Just two minutes after Barca scored their first goal in the first half, Osasuna equalised. In the second half, Abd made a contribution, and in the 86th minute, Osasuna equalized again. As a result, Barca drew 2-2 away to Osasuna. After the draw, Barca scored 24 points, temporarily ranking 8th in La Liga.
Currently, Barca are in 8th place with 23 points and Osasuna is 11th with 21 points. In the last 12 meetings between the two teams, Barca have won 8, drawn 2 and lost 2. Osasuna's last home win over Barca goes back to la Liga in 2012, when it beat Barca 3-2.
Let's take a look at Barca's starting line-up, and the 3421 formation also proves that Barca are determined to win this game. Goalkeeper Ter Stegen; 3 defenders are Umtiti, Pique and Ronald Alaujo; 4 midfielders are Osmann Dembele, Garvey, Busquets and Nico Gonzalez; 2 forwards are Abde, Franchi De Jong and single forwards are Luc De Jong.
Barca's starting line-up is worth a total of €283 million and has an average age of 25.7 years. It is worth mentioning that Barca coach Xavi has discharged many young people. Forward Aboud is 20, Francie De Jong is 24, Osman Dembele is 24, Garvey is 17, Nico Gonzalez is 19 and defender Ronald Araujo is 22.
Osasuna, on the other hand, has a defensive formation of 541, with a total starting player worth 52.7 million euros, which is a big difference compared with Barca.
After the start of the game, Barca had 78% possession but did not form too many shots in attack. In the 12th minute, 17-year-old Garvey, assisted 19-year-old Nico Gonzalez to score, barca 1-0 lead Osasuna. Nico has shown a high level of technical literacy from the time he stopped the ball to the goal, and both of them are players produced by the Basaramacia youth academy, and in time, they will have a bright future.
But just a minute later, Osasuna blasted barca's goal with a free kick and David Garcia helped home to a 1-1 equaliser.
In the first half, although Barca had the advantage in possession, they only had 4 shots and 1 shot on target in the first half. Osasuna, on the other hand, although he only has 30% possession, he also has 3 shots on goal, 2 of which are on target.
In the 49th minute of the second half, Barca played a quick counter-attack, Dembele's low cross to the 20-year-old Abde, who hit the goal with one kick, and Barca once again overtook the score.
In the 86th minute, Barca suffered a deadly draw. Avila blasted a shot inside the Barca penalty area, hit defender Umtiti and changed the line before finally entering the net to rewrite the score to a 2-2 draw.
This game also set 4 major records. First, Barca youngsters Nico and Abd scored their debut goals of their Barca careers in this match. It is worth mentioning that Barça have scored their "debut" goals in the last 3 away games against Osasuna, and it is the first time that 2 players have completed this record in one game; second, Osasuna defender David Garcia scored a header to help the home team equalize. It also made him the defender with the most goals in La Liga, all three goals were heads, and he was also the player who scored the most goals with his head;
Third, Barca defender Pique has made 400 appearances in this game, 378 of which are for Barca; fourth, Barca have only led twice at half-time in the previous 11 games, both of which have been drawn. Fifth, Barca have been unbeaten against Osasuna in six away games in nine years since 2012.