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It happened exactly like 60 years ago, only then the result was 1-8 and this Sunday was something more discreet, a 1-2. 30 rivals had passed through El Sadar (six decades ago through the San Juan field) without being able to take the three points from Navarre, a streak that seemed eternal, and that both then and now was broken by Athletic. The Jagoba Arrasate team tied the history of 1959 in 2019, but was not able to overcome it against an opponent that is not at all characterized by its effectiveness at home. This Sunday is, in fact, the first red and white victory outside San Mamés of the last seven months.

It was a duel that burst all the pre-established scripts, because the one who broke the dynamics of both teams was Kenan Kodro , fourth quarter of the Athletic squad, former Osasuna. He had barely played a handful of minutes this season, but Raúl García's injury at the break gave him an opportunity for glory and the Donostiarra, of Bosnian origin, son of the historic Meho Kodro , took advantage of it to claim and write a modest chapter in The history of this stadium. The brightest streak ever seen by El Sadar ended with a goal from him.

Kenan apologized after scoring and was the second rojiblanco to do so in the game. At eight minutes, Raúl García had already done what he was and will always be his hobby, no matter how much this time he presented in Pamplona with the Athletic captain's bracelet on his left arm. The Navarrese advanced his team in a goal that was annulled by the tightest offside that is remembered, to the point that the lines that the VAR subsequently showed to endorse the referee's decision were perceived superimposed.

The goal, in short, was not worth it, but it served Athletic to discover that he had a reef behind his rival's defense. Without Aridane , his best center, or Nacho Vidal , the rear of Arrasate suffered more than was advisable to keep the rojiblancos attackers at bay, very dynamic and with a determination rarely seen in Garitano's men outside San Mamés in what It's going season.

Soon Osasuna was going to pay for that weak point of his defensive fabric. Yuri looked for Córdoba for the band, this gave Sancet head and the young midfielder, in his first game as a starter, watched Williams uncheck to beat Herrera. The scorer went to the visiting crowd and gave the goal to his parents, who along with his brother watched the game surrounded by the rest of Athletic fans displaced to Pamplona.

Kodro's sentence

Athletic maintained the dominance of the clash for a few more minutes, but it was diluted before the increasing thrust of Osasuna, who even scored a goal, well annulled by Villar's offside. Simon saved the tie twice just before the break. The second part was going to give continuity to the upward trend of those of Arrasate, arriving more and better than Athletic, especially on the left side, in which Capa spent a bad afternoon against Estupiñán and Ávila.

Rubén García missed a very clear game time and shortly after a cross shot from Torres escaped by centimeters. Simon reappeared as a savior on a couple of occasions. Osasuna deserved the draw and ended up getting 15 minutes from the end, thanks to the new great local hero, that Chimy Avila that concentrates all the emotional virtues that always characterized the Navarrese team. From the point of penalty and with the spur Yuri anticipated, perhaps the best of the rojiblancos, to get the desired goal.

It seemed after the Argentine's goal that the flag of El Sadar was going to continue hoisted one more week, indicating the impregnability of the Navarrese stadium, at a time when Athletic gave symptoms of being satisfied with the draw. But then, between San José, Lekue and Kodro, the three Athletic players who had left from the bench, built the play that awarded the three points to the rojiblanco team and placed fifth in the standings.

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