Kenan Kodro was Osasuna s hero as he secured a 1-0 win over Girona to rubber-stamp promotion to La Liga through the Segunda Division play-offs.
Kodro and Maikel Mesa had secured a 2-1 win in the first leg in Pamplona, before Osasuna finished the job on Saturday at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi.
Promotion to Spain s top division is Osasuna s seventh, and they have historically had a habit of bloodying the noses of La Liga s big boys.
In their 2013-14 relegation season, Barcelona and Real Madrid left El Sadar with just a point while eventual champions Atletico Madrid were sent packing with a 3-0 defeat.
Osasuna will join fellow new-boys Alaves and Leganes in La Liga next season the Segunda Division s top two teams.
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It so often happens in football that one player s misfortune is another s opportunity, and it was, to an extent, the case for Manchester United s Marcus Rashford back in February 2016. Anthony Martial injured himself in the warm-up ahead of United s Europa League showdown with Danish side Midtyilland, and Rashford, 18 years old at the time, was named by manager Louis van Gaal as the player to step into his shoes. The youngster took his chance in style as his second-half brace made him the youngest United player to score in European competitions ever.
He followed that up with a Premier League brace (and an assist) against Arsenal in March, and scored the goal that brought United victory in a Manchester Derby at the Etihad.
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Bruno Fernandes credited Alejandro Garnacho for improving his previously poor attitude after the teenager marked a rare Manchester United start with the winner against Real Sociedad.
Garnacho was named United s under-18 Player of the Year last season but has largely remained on the periphery of the first-team squad under Erik ten Hag this campaign.
The teenager proved his worth on Thursday, though, scoring his first senior goal for United with a first-half strike in a 1-0 win at La Real in the Europa League.
While the 18-year-old will hope to feature more for Ten Hag at Old Trafford now, Fernandes says he must continue with a much-improved attitude after failing to impress in pre-season with the senior side.
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AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi lauded Alexandre Pato as a great talent after explaining why he decided against selling him to PSG.
The 22-year-old forward appeared to have been closing in on a transfer to the Ligue 1 side for a reported 35 million euros earlier in the week, but the move broke down after he pledged his loyalty to the Milanese giants.
However, the Italian club s owner has since disclosed that he was the one who scuppered the Pato deal, claiming he was loath to see a player of his calibre depart San Siro.
I have decided to keep Pato because he s a great talent, Berlusconi said in a statement on Saturday.
I was not convinced by the operation from the financial and technical point of view. I made this decision by myself.
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Former England boss Steve McClaren will replace Co Adriaanse as head coach of Eredivisie side FC Twente, according to reports.
The 64-year-old Adriaanse was named Twente coach at the start of the 2011-12 campaign and has guided the Enschede side to third place in the Eredivisie table, the round of 32 in the Europa League, as well as winning the Johan Cruyff Shield.
However, the flamboyant coach has had a troublesome relationship with Twente president Joop Munsterman ever since the start of his spell, and the club have now reportedly decided to let go of Adriaanse.
It is believed that Twente have reached an agreement with former head coach McClaren to replace Adriaanse until the end of the season.
McClaren previously led Twente in 2009-10 and guided the c…
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When Concord received its first proper gameplay showing at Sony’s State of Play showcase in May, widespread reception for the hero shooter was mixed at best, with many looking at the game’s seemingly rote offerings with a fair amount of skepticism. However, the game’s developers have defended their upcoming shooter by calling the trailer that was premiered in May a “tiny slice” of the game itself.
Speaking in a recent interview with VGC, when asked about Concord’s gameplay reveal trailer and the response to it, IP director Kim Kreines assured that there was much more to Concord, which has been in the works for “years and years”, than its May reveal suggested.
“Yeah, that trailer,…
Sea of Stars has made a lot of fans since its launch over a year ago, and strong word of mouth for the retro turn-based RPG continues to attract more players to it. In fact, developer Sabotage Studio has announced that it recently passed another milestone on that front.
Taking to BlueSky, the developer announced that Sea of Stars has been played by over 6 million players across all platforms since it came out last August. That’s up from 5 million players in March earlier this year.
Sabotage Studio recently also released a substantial free update for Sea of Stars titled Dawn of Equinox, which added three-player co-op, combat improvements, a revamped prologue, a new Speedrunner Mode, and more. Next year, the studio will also…
Carlo Ancelotti believes Zinedine Zidane s good relationship with his players is the key to his success at Real Madrid.
Madrid missed out on setting a new LaLiga record on Wednesday when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Villarreal, Zidane s team failing to record what would have been a record 17th consecutive league win.
Zidane served as assistant to the current Bayern Munich coach at the Santiago Bernabeu side in 2013-14 and Ancelotti has revealed it was then already clear to see all the players respected the Frenchman.
Zidane has a lot of charisma and the players respect him. I saw it when he was still my assistant and I think that s the key to his success, Ancelotti told L Equipe.
The players had problems with [Rafael] Benitez and then everything chan…
Phil Foden said his Manchester City career so far has been a dream as he paid tribute to the guidance senior players like David Silva and Vincent Kompany have given him this season.
The 18-year-old midfielder has emerged as one of the club s brightest youth products for years, enjoying double the number of Premier League appearances he made in 2017-18 and regularly featuring in Pep Guardiola s starting line-up in cup competitions.
Foden s rise to prominence has been rapid but he is keeping himself grounded with the help of City s experienced old heads, who have been on hand with words of wisdom while he hones his game.
It s a dream, Foden told the Daily Mail. I ve been a City fan from young and I ve watched these players growing up as well. To play with them and…