One penalty, one goal: Ante Budimir's spot kick is enough for Osasuna to beat Getafe 1-0
Ante Budimir sent David Soria the wrong way from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time, and that single goal was enough for Osasuna to beat Getafe 1-0 at El Sadar.
A tight, even game at El Sadar came down to one moment: a VAR review, a penalty, and Ante Budimir doing what he does.
Neither side had pulled clear of the other by the 40th minute, when the referee stopped play after a corner to check a coming-together between Getafe's Djené and Budimir. The review upheld a penalty, and Budimir sent goalkeeper David Soria the wrong way in first-half stoppage time to make it 1-0.
A single goal was enough
Getafe pushed for an equaliser but could not find a way through, and Osasuna's defence — built on conceding just once in their first two matches — held out for a third clean home performance of the kind that has kept them unbeaten this season.
Match facts
- 45+2' (pen) — Ante Budimir (Osasuna)
What's next
Osasuna had gone into matchday 3 seventh on four points from two games, in the Conference League play-off spot; the win pushes them into Europe on merit and keeps them without a defeat this season. Getafe had started the round tenth on three points with one win from two, and a first defeat of the campaign leaves them to regroup before matchday 4 after the international break.
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