The Osasuna Chronicle
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
A brace, and Kai Havertz takes the afternoon — 8.15
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Kai Havertz provided it, and the 8.15 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Aimar
Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
A defender's goal wins it for Osasuna — 7.82
1 for Iker Muñoz, marked 7.82, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Osasuna
Kai Havertz was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Ante Budimir falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match24 Oct 2026
The drought breaks for Osasuna
6 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and Girona were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.
Match24 Oct 2026
Kai Havertz sends Osasuna past Girona
It finished 3‑1, and it was Kai Havertz’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Osasuna.
The terraces26 Oct 2026
Osasuna supporters have found a favourite in Iker Muñoz
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Iker Muñoz has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
No hiding place for Iker Muñoz
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Iker Muñoz, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout Osasuna pick somebody else ahead of Diego Rico
- The dugout Romain Del Castillo is still paying for one afternoon at Osasuna